Lead Software Engineer, Mobile (iOS) at Grab

Get to Know the Team MALTA (Mobile App Libraries, Test and Automation) is Grab's mobile platform team. MALTA's mission is to improve developer efficiency and operational excellence by providing fundamental infrastructure, shared libraries, test and automation tooling, while accelerating organizational velocity across mobile engineering. Get to Know the Role As a Lead iOS engineer in the MALTA (Mobile App Libraries, Test and Automation) team, you will lead the end-to-end delivery of high-impact iOS platform initiatives that power Grab’s mobile experience at scale. You will design and own scalable, maintainable iOS components in Swift, shape our UI automation and testing strategy, and strengthen CI/CD pipelines so that engineers across Grab can ship high-quality features quickly and confidently. You will report to the Software Engineering Manager II, Mobile The Critical Tasks you will perform  • Lead end-to-end delivery of high-impact iOS initiatives, from technical discovery to production rollout. • Own architecture and implementation of scalable, maintainable iOS components in Swift. • Drive iOS UI automation strategy, including reusable test foundations and long-term test maintainability. • Improve CI/CD reliability for iOS by optimizing pipeline health, test distribution, and failure triage. • Partner with product, design, backend, and platform teams to shape practical, technically sound solutions. • Raise release quality by reducing flaky tests, improving local/CI parity, and tightening pre-merge quality gates. • Make dependency and tooling decisions that keep the platform modern and stable across iOS and Xcode upgrades. • Lead engineering execution during incidents or delivery blockers, restoring momentum quickly and safely. • Set high standards through code reviews, design reviews, and clear technical ownership. • Mentor engineers through documentation, paved-road workflows, and hands-on technical guidance.