Head (AI Software Engineering), AI Products

HTX (Home Team Science & Technology Agency); Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

HTX, Singapore's science and technology agency, seeks a senior leader to drive software engineering, QA, DevSecOps and MLOps across product teams. The role requires hands-on expertise in ML/DL, cloud platforms, and Agile practices, guiding the team to deliver production-grade software for public safety applications.

You will lead engineering scope, define processes, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure reliable, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• 10+ years of relevant software engineering, QA or systems engineering experience, with at least 6 years hands-on.
• At least 3 years of Agile/ SCRUM experience.
• 3+ years designing, deploying and monitoring ML/DL solutions using Docker, Kubernetes or Kubeflow.
• 3+ years of cloud experience (AWS or Azure); GCC experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the software engineering, QA and DevSecOps functions in product teams.
• Define engineering scope and oversee day-to-day development.
• Advise on software development approaches and trade-offs.
• Integrate software engineering, QA, DevSecOps and MLOps practices into development.
• Define and improve software development processes for reliability and maintainability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define features meeting business needs.
• Guide the team to produce production quality code and end-user delivery.
• Manage team resources and align with stakeholder expectations.
• Foster learning, experimentation and continuous improvement in the team.
• Stay abreast of new AI and software engineering practices to improve workflows.

Skills

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Engineering/CS

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kubeflow

AWS

Azure

Job description

What The Role Is

HTX is Singapore's Science and Technology agency that brings together diverse scientific and engineering capabilities to develop transformative, operationally ready solutions for public safety. As a statutory board under the Ministry of Home Affairs, HTX works at the forefront of science and technology to empower the Home Team with cutting-edge capabilities. Guided by our mission to amplify, augment and accelerate the Home Team's advantage, we are committed to keeping Singapore the safest place on planet Earth.

What The Role Is

HTX is Singapore's Science and Technology agency that brings together diverse scientific and engineering capabilities to develop transformative, operationally ready solutions for public safety. As a statutory board under the Ministry of Home Affairs, HTX works at the forefront of science and technology to empower the Home Team with cutting-edge capabilities. Guided by our mission to amplify, augment and accelerate the Home Team's advantage, we are committed to keeping Singapore the safest place on planet Earth.

With its mission of advancing science and technology, force multiplying the Home Team, and securing Singapore's future, HTX has been applying cutting-edge developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to public safety.

With advancements in machine learning and deep learning, which have laid the foundations for Generative AI, HTX's AI engineers are harnessing Generative AI's powerful capabilities to build innovative AI solutions to enhance public safety and improve the Home Team's citizen services.

What You Will Be Working On

• Lead the software engineering, quality assurance and devsecops technical functions in product team(s).
• Define engineering scope of work based on defined features and requirements and oversee the day-to-day development.
• Make technical decisions and advise the team on the software development approach to take, considering trade-offs between the approaches and mitigating known drawbacks.
• Integrate software engineering, quality assurance, devsecops, and mlops frameworks, guidelines and processes taking into account industry best practices, into software development activities.
• Define, implement and continuously improve software development processes within the team to ensure reliability, and maintainability of released software products.
• Collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders to define software features and implement software products that meet their business needs.
• Guide the engineering team to write production quality code and deliver products and solution to end users.
• Manage team's resources and work performance and to match individual aspiration with stakeholders' requirements.
• Foster a culture of learning, experimentation, and continuous improvement in the software engineering team.
• Keep abreast of new AI and Software engineering practices and technologies, and continuously improve S&S COE's engineering internal workflow and practices.

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in any of the following: Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or relevant areas.
• Min. 10 years of relevant professional work experience relating to software engineering, quality assurance or system engineering, with at least 6 years of hands-on experience.
• Min. three years of experience in software development using the Agile methodologies (e.g., SCRUM).
• Min. three years of experience in designing, deploying, and monitoring machine learning and deep learning solutions using Docker, Kubernetes or Kubeflow.
• Min. three years of experience working in Cloud environment (AWS or Azure). Experience with Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) environment will be strongly preferred.
• Competent in Python programming language, and able to do Bash and PowerShell Scripting on Linux Operating system.
• A proven track record of people management (working with AI engineers, Software Engineers, QA Engineers or DevOps engineers) and being able to develop individuals' careers and motivation to achieve team's outcomes.
• Good to have experience in AI-related technologies, AI/ML, Data Science and Data Analytics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate product vision and strategy to internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and prioritization skills.
• Ability to deal with uncertainty and adapt to changes, with the ability to pivot product strategy as customer needs or business strategy evolve.
• A deep passion for product development and motivated to build great products that bring value to users.
• Having domain knowledge in Homeland Security sector will be an added bonus.

All new hires are appointed on a two-year contract in the first instance and will be assessed and considered for permanent tenure over time, based on performance.

As part of the shortlisting process for this role, you may be required to complete a medical declaration and/or undergo further assessment.

All applicants will be updated on the status of their applications within 4 weeks upon closing of the advertisement.