Drone Software Delivery Manager – Lead Real-Time UAS Stack

GARUDA ROBOTICS PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Garuda Robotics PTE. LTD. is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead the live, mission-critical software powering our drone systems.

You will own the full software lifecycle for a squad of full-stack engineers, shaping technical plans with stakeholders and ensuring reliability in a hybrid cloud setup. You will stay hands-on in code reviews and critical integrations while guiding architecture, release processes and performance across frontend, backend and infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with production systems.
• At least 2 years leading or managing engineers.
• Hands-on full stack depth across frontend and backend.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and data modelling.
• Experience with release processes and production reliability.
• Excellent teamwork and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• Clear, direct communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of full stack engineers, owning sprint planning, estimation and delivery commitments
• Translate product and project requirements into technical plans, sequencing work across frontend, backend and infrastructure
• Stay hands-on: review code, make design decisions within the agreed architecture, and build the critical or high-risk parts yourself
• Design and guide the development of performant, maintainable and reliable microservices and reusable back-end applications
• Uphold UI/UX quality alongside Design, ensuring interfaces are intuitive, clear and consistent for operators in the field
• Own release engineering end to end — versioning, staged rollouts, deployment to hybrid cloud and on-premise environments, and post-release monitoring
• Drive engineering quality through code review standards, automated testing, and system reliability and observability work
• Maintain and improve the CI/CD pipeline and developer tooling, and uphold ISO 27001 controls and secure information flow in day-to-day practice
• Act as first responder for production and field incidents, driving root-cause analysis and follow-through on fixes
• Run one-on-ones, performance conversations and growth plans; interview, onboard and level up engineers on the team
• Support customer, partner and project office conversations on technical scope, feasibility and timelines

Skills

Leadership

Hands-on coding

Full stack

Distributed systems

Team collaboration

Release management

Code review

Tools

Node.js

MongoDB

CouchDB

RabbitMQ

Job description

Garuda Robotics PTE. LTD. is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead the live, mission-critical software powering our drone systems.

You will own the full software lifecycle for a squad of full-stack engineers, shaping technical plans with stakeholders and ensuring reliability in a hybrid cloud setup. You will stay hands-on in code reviews and critical integrations while guiding architecture, release processes and performance across frontend, backend and infrastructure.