Senior Software Engineer, iOS

Grab; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Southeast Asian superapp is seeking an experienced iOS engineer to contribute to its lending mobile team. The role focuses on delivering a seamless lending experience while engaging directly with users. Ideal candidates should have strong iOS application development skills, solid computer science fundamentals, and a growth mindset. Grab offers comprehensive employee benefits, including flexible work arrangements and health insurance.

Benefits

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

GrabFlex benefits package

Parental leave

Birthday leave

Volunteering leave

Grabber Assistance Programme

FlexWork arrangements

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of hands-on experience building and scaling iOS applications.
• Solid understanding of computer science principles, from OOP to system design.
• Mastery of modern iOS practices including TDD and reactive programming.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver sleek mobile features for users.
• Write maintainable, testable code following best practices.
• Participate in insightful, constructive code reviews.
• Monitor and ensure feature reliability in production.
• Translate complex tech concepts for team clarity.

Skills

Hands-on iOS application experience

Understanding of computer science principles

Test-driven development

Reactive programming

Familiarity with architectural patterns

Growth mindset and ownership

Job description

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.

Job Description

Get to know the team

Grab Singapore is focused on addressing challenges in lending and look for motivated iOS engineers for its lending mobile team. We're looking for individuals and contribute to multiple programmes. As part of the Lending you'll contribute to the driver, consumer and merchant platforms (apps) alongside stakeholders from design, analytics, product & backend teams to deliver a consistent lending experience agnostic of country/product/user segments.

Get to know the role

You'll have the chance to contribute to the flagship Grab app, engaging directly with users to understand their challenges and how our solutions can support their professional lives. Initiative in problem identification is crucial for our team members, who has the appropriate mindset and skills to address these challenges. Our team operates with advanced technologies like SwiftUI and Reactive programming. We prioritise architectural integrity and welcome developers' suggestions for new mobile approaches and technologies, while also emphasising their important components within the team.

You will be reporting to Engineering Manager II. This role is based in Singapore.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Build Magical Mobile Experiences Use your iOS superpowers to design and deliver sleek, features that make users go "Whoa, that's smooth!"
• Champion Clean, Elegant Code Write maintainable, testable code that follows best practices—bonus if your data structures would make CS professors tear up with pride.
• Review with Purpose and Positivity Participate in code reviews like a true team player—giving feedback that's insightful, constructive, and sprinkled with good vibes.
• Be the Reliability Rockstar Take ownership of monitoring and alerting setups, ensuring your features perform in production (cape optional).
• Communicate Like a Pro Translate complex tech concepts into simple language for your team and stakeholders—no magic spells required, just clarity and empathy.

Qualifications

The Essential Skills You Will Need

• IOS Experience At least 5 years of hands‑on experience building and scaling iOS applications.
• Solid CS Fundamentals understanding of computer science principles, from OOP and algorithms to scalable system design.
• Mastery of Modern iOS Practices Comfortable with test‑driven development (TDD), reactive programming, and dependency injection frameworks.
• Architecture Expertise Familiar with architectural patterns like RIBs or VIPER to keep things modular, testable, and scalable.
• Growth & Ownership You're someone who's always learning, loves building their projects end‑to‑end, and thrives when your work makes a meaningful impact.

Additional Information

Life at Grab

We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:

• We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
• With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
• Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave, and give back to your communities through Love‑all‑Serve‑all (LASA) volunteering leave
• We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.
• Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours

What We Stand For at Grab

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.

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