Creative Technologist Lead

Kingsmen Creatives Limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent digital experience agency in Singapore is seeking a Tech Lead to drive the delivery of world-class digital experiences. You will manage technical production teams, lead project lifecycles, and oversee essential R&D initiatives. The ideal candidate has over 15 years of experience in software development and technical production, as well as a deep understanding of game engines and full-stack development. This position requires on-site presence at Changi Business Park, along with offshore team management capabilities.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in technical production or software development.
• Proficient in Unity, Unreal Engine, and Touch Designer.
• Strong experience with HTML5, JavaScript, and React.js.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor multidisciplinary teams.
• Drive technical training programs to enhance team skills.
• Oversee hardware system architecture and compliance.

Skills

Technical Production

Software Development

Team Management

Technical Project Management

Cloud Platforms

Game Engines (Unity, Unreal)

Full-Stack Proficiency

Tools

Node.js

Python

PHP

Git

AWS

Database Management

Job description

As the Tech Lead, you will drive our mission to deliver world‑class digital experiences. Youare responsible forscaling our in‑house production capabilities for immersive and interactive installations through robust software development, technical architecture, and strategic process design. You will lead the technical roadmap, mentoring staff and ensuring that all our digital experience projects are successfully delivered to become significant business drivers.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Management & Development
  • Continuous Training: Lead continuous technical training programs that go beyond basic onboarding to ensure the team stays ahead of emerging tech and maintains a high baseline of production proficiency.
  • Technical Project Management: Orchestrate the technical lifecycle of projects, managing internal developers and external partners to align technical solutions with creative vision.
  • Offshore Leadership: Recruit, train, and manage offshore production teams, establishing smooth collaboration workflows between HQ and distributed talent to drive production scalability.
• Business Outcomes & Operational Excellence
  • Cost & Efficiency Management: Maximize production profit by increasing the portion of budget kept in‑house and implementing cost‑tracking systems.
  • Requirement Alignment & Quality Control: Reduce iterative rework by implementing rigorous client‑alignment protocols and technical requirement frameworks to ensure deliverables match expectations from day one.
  • Productization & Modularization: Identify and prioritize key functional components of interactives to modularize and productize them, reducing production and integration time while maintaining world‑class quality standards.
• Technical Hardware & AV Oversight
  • Hardware System Architecture: Design and oversee end‑to‑end technical hardware approaches, including advanced audio‑visual (AV) signal flows, IT infrastructure, lighting control, sensors, and mechanical components.
  • Integration & Compliance: Act as the primary technical authority in orchestrating partners for complex installations, managing technical AV and IT consultants to ensure compliance and smooth physical‑to‑digital integration.
  • Detailed Specs: Produce and validate detailed technical specifications for hardware systems to close loopholes arising from inadequate vendor capability.
• Innovation & R&D (Product Development)
  • Generative AI & 3D Workflows: Drive R&D efforts to integrate LLM, generative image/video (ComfyUI), and cutting‑edge 3D production and animation workflows into project pipelines.
  • Advisory Consulting: Act as a technical consultant for clients, providing technical rationale for world‑class interactive and immersive experiences.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience: 15+ years in technical production or software development, with a proven track record of leading multidisciplinary teams and delivering complex digital installations.
• Game Engines: Solid foundational knowledge of Unity, Unreal Engine, and Touch Designer. You must possess the technical depth to manage, mentor, and review the work of game engine specialists.
• Full‑Stack Proficiency:
  • Front‑End: Advanced HTML5, CSS3/SCSS, JavaScript (ES6+), WebGL, and React.js.
  • Back‑End: Strong proficiency in Node.js, Python, and PHP. Deep experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and high‑performance server‑side logic.
  • Databases: Comfort managing both SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Firebase) environments.
• Version Control: Mastery of Git workflows and code repository management.
• Eligibility: Must be legally able to work in Singapore, willing to work on‑premises at Changi Business Park, and capable of remote work to set up and manage offshore production teams.
• Cloud & Networking: Experience configuring and managing local network infrastructures for physical installations and leveraging cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) for hosting.
• UI/UX Literacy: Ability to set standards for UX/UI designers to ensure designs are optimized for technical execution.