Engineering Lead, Automation Platform

Get to know the Team:

The Automation Platform team is responsible for developing tools that help engineers design, write, maintain and monitor their test automation. A bunch of highly passionate software engineers who love collaborating with multiple delivery teams and building innovative, scalable and available tools

Get to know the Role:

As an Engineering Lead, leading the Automation Platform team at Grab means leading a world-class team of software engineers in their mission to deliver the best possible software tools for enabling automation at Grab.

• Lead the team to help build the vision for the future

• You will plan, design, execute and maintain Grab’s:

  • core backend test automation platform

  • core simulation platform

  • tools/platforms needed for testing the backend

• Hands-on programming and technical design skills with demonstrated willingness and capability to learn new automation designs/patterns/techniques quickly

• 6-10 years engineering management experience

• Demonstrated ability to design, build and deliver complex, successful engineering systems or products efficiently and with high quality

• Proven team leadership, interpersonal skills, and ability to get things done

• Ability to clearly communicate high level strategy and technical details effectively across disciplines, locations, and organizations, including to senior leadership

• Strong bias for action; ability to juggle multiple priorities and build a sense of urgency in a dynamic environment

The Day-to-Day Activities:

• Collaborate with delivery teams

• Timely closure of all the assigned code review and design reviews

• Recruit, interview and close top talent

• Mentor and coach engineers in the team

• Work closely with the leadership team to define a vision for the test automation platforms

• Lead your team, defining and establishing the automation platform technologies that will power applications across Grab functionalities

• Drive feature development of test automation tools in sprints, evangelize agile methodologies to deliver on continuous iterations to support our customers

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree in computer science or equivalent work experience

• Experience as a successful software leader

• Strive for best-in-class automation platforms and test code. Deliver readable, maintainable and robust automation code that helps drive engineer productivity up

• Strong understanding of common software development and delivery methodologies; experienced in tdd, bdd, agile etc.

• Working experience with one or more development languages and frameworks; Java, Javascript, GoLang, Selenium Webdriver, Webdriver.io, ReactJS etc.

• Proven ability to make smart feature versus time-to-market trade-offs; experience using data and metrics to back up assertions of business value

Nice to Have:

• Framework and Automation Platform infrastructure building experience

• Good understanding of latest mobile and web automation technologies

Get to know Grab:

Grab is more than just the leading ride-hailing and mobile payments platform in Southeast Asia.

We use data and technology to improve everything from transportation to payments across a region of more than 620 million people. Working with governments, drivers, passengers, and the community, we aim to unlock the true potential of the region by solving problems that hinder progress.

Grab began as a taxi-hailing app in 2012, but has extended its product platform to include private car services (GrabCar & GrabShare), motorcycle taxis (GrabBike), social carpooling (GrabHitch), last mile delivery (GrabExpress & GrabFood), bus & shuttle services (GrabCoach & GrabShuttle) as well as a mobile payments services (GrabPay). We are focused on pioneering new commuting and payment alternatives for drivers and passengers with an emphasis on speed, safety, and reliability. Currently we offer services in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar; however, we also have R&D offices in Singapore, Seattle, Beijing, Bangalore, Jakarta, & Vietnam.

If you share our vision of driving South East Asia forward, apply to join our team today.