Engineering Manager, Managed Agencies

Government Technology Agency; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector technology agency in Singapore is seeking an engineering manager to lead a team in solving important problems for public good. This role focuses on driving technical and engineering excellence within a modern product environment, working collaboratively with cross-functional partners. Candidates should have a strong background in web technologies and a passion for mentoring others. The agency promotes flexible work arrangements and values diversity in the workplace.

Benefits

Holistic and competitive benefits

Employee wellness programs

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience working on high-availability software systems.
• Experience in modern front-end engineering and backend technologies.
• Understanding of soft skills in technical leadership.
• Ability to guide a team to achieve important goals.
• 2+ years of experience in coaching developers.

Responsibilities

• Define the engineering vision and strategy.
• Engage stakeholders to manage product roadmaps.
• Create long-term technical plans and roadmaps.
• Mentor and provide feedback to engineers.
• Develop quality and security strategies with partners.
• Identify engineering initiatives for public good.

Skills

Technical leadership

Full-stack web application technologies

Coaching developers

Engineering excellence

Passion for public good

Tools

Next.Js

React.js

Java

TypeScript

Job description

What the role is:

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 does. We harness the best info-communications technologies to make a difference to the everyday lives of people in Singapore (about GovTech). 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.

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 towards 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.
• 2+ 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.

About Government Technology Agency

The 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. At GovTech, we offer you a purposeful career to make lives better. We empower our people to master their craft through continuous and robust learning and development opportunities all year round. Our GovTechies embody our Agile, Bold and Collaborative values to deliver impactful solutions. GovTech aims to transform the delivery of Government digital services by taking an “outside-in” view, putting citizens and businesses at the heart of everything we do. 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.