Engineering Manager - Android

TABSQUARE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Singapore is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to provide clear direction to the engineering team, oversee product releases, and guide technical solutions. Ideal candidates have over 8 years of engineering experience, with a minimum of 3 years in a managerial role, strong communication skills, and hands-on expertise in a wide range of technologies including Kotlin, Java, and AWS. The role involves building and managing a capable engineering team while delivering pragmatic solutions aligned with business value.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience, including 3 years as an Engineering Manager.
• Experience building and growing teams is highly preferred.
• Candidates must have experience managing in-house and outsourced engineers.
• Excellent communication skills for managing multiple stakeholders.
• Hands-on software engineer capable of coding and design changes.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction to the engineering team and supervise deliverables.
• Lead technical solution designs and guide the team with tech-related issues.
• Work closely with product managers and designers to finalize release timelines.
• Communicate technical direction to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ensure well-designed architecture and pragmatic delivery approaches.
• Apply engineering resources optimally to meet development requirements.
• Design solutions from ideation to lifecycle activities.
• Get hands-on with code rollouts to ensure timely releases.
• Hire, onboard, and build a team of capable engineers.

Skills

Kotlin

Java

Node.js

Nest

Express

Spring Boot

MySQL

MongoDB

ELK Stack

GCP

AWS

Microservices

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Providing clear and concise direction to the engineering team on their deliverable, supervising their work, and driving product releases / project completion as per the timelines decided.
• Lead technical solution designs with the entire team; be a sounding board & guide the team for any tech-related issue.
• Work closely with the product managers and designers to refine stories, discuss, and finalize release timelines, and attend relevant meetings with stakeholders.
• Communicate technical direction to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Provide guidance to ensure the overall architecture and solutions are very well designed for the long-term while also driving a pragmatic approach to deliver results in phases that is aligned with business value.
• Ensure optimal application of engineering resources to meet product development and consumer requirements and ensures the implementation of agile processes.
• Design the entire solution from ideation and visual design through the SDLC, life cycle activities such as extending or updating a system, planning retirement of a system.
• Getting hands-on with code rollouts as and when required to ensure releases go out in a timely and accurate fashion.
• Hands-on experience with third party integration would be an advantage.
• Hire, onboard and build a team of capable engineers across India, both in-house and through outsourced agencies.
• The Employee, as per business needs, may be required to undertake any other such duties as may be assigned in line with the employee’s position, skills, and capabilities.

Requirements

• 8+ years of Engineering experience, with at least last 3 years as an Engineering Manager preferably across a start-up / mid-sized company
• Experience of building and growing a team is highly preferred.
• Candidates must have an experience of managing in-house engineers, as well as the outsourced ones.
• Excellent communication, able to manage multiple stakeholders across other departments in the organization
• Hands-on software engineer who can just roll up his / her sleeves anytime to make various changes in the code and design, as necessary.
• Excellent knowledge in following tech stack: Kotlin, Java, Node.js, Nest, Express, Spring Boot, MySQL, MongoDB, ELK Stack, GCP (We use Google)/ AWS, microservices is a plus