Engineering Manager, National Environment Agency (NEA)

GovTech Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Total rewards benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

GovTech Singapore is seeking an Engineering Manager / Staff Software Engineer to guide technical direction and delivery for high-availability systems. You will shape architecture across the stack, lead teams, and drive cloud-enabled transformation in the public sector.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with cross-functional partners, and help recruit senior talent while championing engineering excellence and public good.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of development experience and 2+ years of coaching developers.
• Hands-on across the full stack: infrastructure, client side, backend, data, and performance.
• Experience building and maintaining large, high-availability systems.
• Proficiency with Agile, CI/CD, TDD, and modern front-end (Next.js/React) and Java/TypeScript back-ends.

Responsibilities

• Define engineering vision and roadmap aligned with organizational goals.
• Stay current with industry developments; architect, engineer, and maintain systems.
• Lead implementation of Bespoke, COTS, SaaS solutions including ServiceNow, Dynamics; leverage cloud technologies.
• Partner with stakeholders to plan roadmaps and deliver product increments efficiently.
• Develop technical plans and roadmaps; mentor engineers and drive performance growth.
• Drive quality, reliability and security strategies within the team.
• Identify and initiate engineering initiatives to maximize impact for public good.
• Establish practices and tools to foster strong engineering culture and effectiveness.
• Assist with recruitment, including senior hires.

Skills

Technical leadership

Coaching developers

Full stack development

Agile methodologies

Public sector experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

AWS

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]

At National Environment Agency (NEA), we are always on the lookout for high performing individuals who share our aspiration of making Singapore one of the world’s best living environments.

As an Engineering Manager / Staff Software Engineer, you will be responsible for technical direction and processes in one (or more) teams. 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.
• Staying on top of industry development, and highly well versed in how systems should be architected, engineered, and maintained.
• Excellent knowledge of implementing systems using Bespoke, COTS, SaaS solutions ( (e.g. ServiceNow, Dynamics) across the enterprise. Experience with cloud technologies and IT transformation programs.
• 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.
• Right candidate must be technically hands on and experience in all parts of the technology stack: infrastructure, client side, back end, performance, data, and others.
• Worked on the full stack development and built end-to-end systems including user interfaces, APIs, backend systems, and database systems.
• Very well versed in the software development teams using Agile, modular design, Software automation, Continuous Delivery approach as TDD, Continuous Integration, Pair Programming, Cloud infrastructure setup and automation .
• 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. Knowledge of cloud technology such as Azure, AWS and Docker or Kubernetes 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.
• Minimally 5+ year of development experience and 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.

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

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