Engineering Manager - Cloud-Native, GenAI & Growth

HDB Housing & Development Board; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Housing and Development Board (HDB) Singapore is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional team delivering high-impact digital products. You will oversee end-to-end lifecycle from design to live operations, shaping architecture, CI/CD, and reliability practices across frontend and backend systems.

You will partner with Technical Lead, Product Owner and Product Manager to hire, mentor, and grow engineers while driving secure, scalable, and maintainable

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience building scalable, enterprise-grade products on commercial cloud.
• At least 3 years leading or managing engineering teams.
• Strong hands-on background in frontend and backend web app development.
• Experience with cloud-native and serverless architectures on AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Familiar with microservices, containers, and IaC practices.
• DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, SAST/DAST and Secure-by-Design.
• Experience with Test-Driven Development and automated testing.
• Experience in live production operations, incident response and reliability improvements.

Responsibilities

• People leadership: coach and mentor engineers; set expectations and support career growth.
• Team building: drive hiring and onboarding; grow team capabilities.
• Delivery: plan, prioritise, manage dependencies and risks; ensure high-quality delivery.
• Technical direction: collaborate on architecture and design; balance feature delivery with debt.
• Operational excellence: ensure reliability, security and performance of live products.
• Engineering practices: champion DevSecOps and Agile practices; improve team processes.
• Stakeholder collaboration: align with product, business and partner teams; communicate progress.

Job description

Housing and Development Board (HDB) Singapore is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional team delivering high-impact digital products. You will oversee end-to-end lifecycle from design to live operations, shaping architecture, CI/CD, and reliability practices across frontend and backend systems.

You will partner with Technical Lead, Product Owner and Product Manager to hire, mentor, and grow engineers while driving secure, scalable, and maintainable