Engineering Leader - WINS

GovTech Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

GovTech, Singapore's lead agency for Smart Nation initiatives, seeks an Engineering Leader to drive technical direction and product delivery for public-sector digital transformation. You will shape engineering strategy, roadmap and team growth while delivering high-availability software that serves everyday lives.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with cross-functional partners on security and quality, and help recruit senior talent to strengthen GovTech’s product teams and public-good

Qualifications

• Experience leading large, high-availability software systems.
• Proficiency in modern full-stack web tech: Next.js/React.js and Java/TypeScript on backend.
• Strong leadership and soft-skill capabilities beyond tech.
• Passion for engineering excellence and teamwork.
• Interest in public good and public sector impact.
• Ability to guide a team to achieve important goals.
• 10+ years coaching developers and growing careers.

Responsibilities

• Define your team’s engineering vision and strategy.
• Partner with stakeholders to prioritize and manage roadmaps.
• Create long-term technical plans and update roadmaps regularly.
• Mentor engineers and guide professional growth.
• Collaborate on quality, reliability, and security strategies.
• Initiate engineering initiatives to maximise impact for public good.
• Establish practices and tools to boost engineering culture and effectiveness.
• Assist with recruitment of senior hires.

Skills

Tech leadership

Full-stack web

Public sector

Mentoring

Next.js/React.js

Java/TypeScript

High availability

Cross-functional

Hiring

Strategy

Job description

GovTech is the lead agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT & SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government’s capabilities in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity. At GovTech, we offer you a purposeful career to make lives better where we empower our people to master their craft through robust learning and development opportunities all year round. Play a part in Singapore’s vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Join us to advance our mission and shape your future with us today! Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg.

[What you will be working on]

Digital transformation within the public sector is at the heart of what GovTech (Government Technology Agency of Singapore) does. We harness the best info-communications technologies to make a difference to the everyday lives of people in Singapore.

GovTech is seeking an engineering manager to work on technically challenging problems in an environment running like a modern product company, solving important underserved problems in the public sector.

As an Engineering Leader, you will be responsible for technical direction and processes in one (or more) team. Additionally, you will drive the design, implementation, & delivery of one or more products owned by your team.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Defining your team’s engineering vision, strategy, and directions that align with the organization’s overall vision and goals.
• Partnering with stakeholders and agencies to prioritize and manage roadmaps for delivering product vision incrementally and efficiently.
• Creating a long-term technical plan and roadmap for the assigned team, and for other teams as needed. Update the roadmap regularly to meet future product/business needs and infrastructure requirements.
• Work regularly with engineers to engage in conversations regarding their performance, professional growth, offering constructive feedback, mentoring, and guidance as needed.
• Working with cross-functional partners to develop quality, reliability, and security strategies within your team.
• Proactively identifying and initiating worthwhile engineering initiatives to maximize our impact on the public good.
• Establishing practices and tools to encourage a strong engineering culture and maximize engineering effectiveness and impact.
• Helping with recruitment, particularly for more senior hires.

[What we are looking for]

• Experience working on reasonably large, high-availability software systems that have operated at scale.
• Experience in modern full-stack web application technologies; experience in modern front-end engineering like Next.Js/React.js and Java/TypeScript on the backend is preferred.
• Have a strong sense of what it means to be a technical leader, particularly as it relates to the suite of soft skills beyond just your technical chops.
• Passion towards engineering excellence; you deeply understand that software engineering is a team sport, and you take pride in the craftsmanship aspect of software engineering.
• Passion towards working for public good with interest.
• The ability to guide a team to achieve important goals together.
• 10+ years of experience coaching developers; helping them enhance their performance and grow their careers.

What we offer you:

GovTech is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values diverse voices and perspectives, as we believe that diversity is the foundation to innovation.

Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks. These include leave benefits to meet your work-life needs and employee wellness programs.

We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust that you will manage your own time to deliver your best, wherever you are, and whatever works best for you.

Learn more about life inside GovTech at go.gov.sg/GovTechCareers.

Stay connected with us on social media at go.gov.sg/ConnectWithGovTech