Engineering Manager, GDT (MSF)

GovTech Singapore; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Employee wellness programmes

Job summary

GovTech Singapore is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead technical teams focused on public sector digital transformation. This role involves defining engineering strategy, managing product roadmaps, and enhancing team performance through mentorship. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in high-availability software systems, a strong grasp of full-stack technologies like Java and React.js, and a passion for working in the public interest. Flexible work arrangements and a holistic suite of employee benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience coaching developers and enhancing their performance.
• Experience working on large-scale high-availability software systems.
• Strong sense of team-based engineering excellence.

Responsibilities

• Define engineering vision and strategy aligned with organizational goals.
• Manage and prioritize product roadmaps through stakeholder partnership.
• Engage with engineers for performance and professional growth.
• Establish engineering practices and tools for effectiveness.

Skills

Technical leadership

Full-stack web application technologies

Soft skills for leadership

Passion for public interest

Tools

Next.js

React.js

Java

TypeScript

Job description

About Government Technology Agency

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.

About Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)

The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) is Singapore's lead ministry for social and family policies, working to build a caring and inclusive society where every individual and family can thrive.

We deliver essential services through our network of Family Service Centres, Social Service Offices, and industry partners, supporting vulnerable populations across all life stages. Our work encompasses family services, early childhood, social assistance, disability support, mental health initiatives, and community development programmes.

• Case Central for integrated case management for Social Service Sector
• ComLink+ for enhanced community support programme
• Social Service Coordination Centre for Whole-of-Govt insights
• Early Childhood programmes that give our youngest citizens the best start in life
• Sectors Futures Technology to look ahead on sectoral digitalisation and transformation efforts

These innovative platforms represent our commitment to leveraging technology and coordinated approaches to better serve Singaporeans.

What you will be working on

Digital transformation within the public sector is at the heart of what GovTech does. We harness the best information‑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. Some of the problems are related to different programs including healthcare, manpower transformation, trade facilitation, national development, HR and Finance products.

As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for the technical direction and processes in one (or more) teams. Additionally, you will drive the design, implementation and best practices across Engineering teams in MSF. You would be accountable for the Enterprise Architecture for MSF.

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. Updating the roadmap regularly to meet future product and business needs and infrastructure requirements.
• Regularly engaging with engineers in conversations about 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 maximise our impact on the public good through developing and evolving the enterprise architecture.
• Establishing practices and tools to encourage a strong engineering culture and maximise engineering effectiveness and impact.
• Establishing and driving the MSF Engineering Landscape — building engineering visibility and standards from the ground up across a portfolio of 30+ systems and multiple vendors. This includes tracking engineering capabilities backed by facts, defining and maturing key pillars such as Infrastructure‑as‑Code (creation, patching, remediation), CI/CD (build, test, deploy) and compliance posture (audits, VAPT, risk management). Use leading and lagging metrics such as lead time and deployment frequency to create accountability and drive measurable improvement across teams and vendors.
• 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 for engineering excellence; you deeply understand that software engineering is a team sport, and you take pride in the craftsmanship aspect of software engineering.
• Passion for working in the public interest.
• The ability to guide a team to achieve important goals together.
• 2+ years of experience coaching developers, helping them enhance their performance and grow their careers.
• Comfort operating in an environment where engineering maturity is being built, not inherited — you can objectively assess the current state across teams and vendors, identify gaps and create a structured path to improvement without waiting for perfect conditions.

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 programmes.

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.