Lead Software Engineer in Test (Mobile Test Automation)

About the role

Grab is hiring a Lead Software Engineer in Test (G5) for its Mobile Test Automation Platform team, which sits within MALTA, the team that improves the software foundations and infrastructure of all Grab mobile apps. The role defines and scales Grab's end-to-end mobile testing strategy by building developer tooling, platform capabilities and operating processes used across multiple mobile teams, and reports to the Software Engineering Manager II, Mobile. It is an onsite position in the Singapore office.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute Grab's long-term vision and roadmap for scalable, reliable mobile E2E testing.
• Partner with engineering teams to drive adoption of common tools, standards and quality practices.
• Establish inclusive quality governance and release-readiness guardrails across teams.
• Guide technical strategy for automation platforms, execution efficiency, recovery, reporting and diagnostics.
• Standardize test metadata and quality signals to enable data-driven release decisions.
• Improve developer experience across Android and iOS testing workflows.
• Mentor engineers through coaching, design reviews and hands-on collaboration.

Required profile

• Experience with large-scale mobile CI, device labs/farms and release pipeline operations.
• Experience with test reporting, analytics and quality data platforms.
• Experience with Android/iOS verification tooling and automated test configuration.
• Ability to mentor engineers and partner with Engineering, QA, Release and Product stakeholders.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of Android and iOS E2E testing and CI/CD integration.
• Building maintainable automation platforms, services and integration tooling.
• Improving test reliability and speed through sharding, retries, failure analysis and flaky-test management.

What we offer

• Monthly allowance.
• EPF or SOCSO where applicable.
• FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours.