Head (AI Software Engineering), AI Products

Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX); Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

HTX is Singapore's Science and Technology agency focusing on transformative, operationally-ready solutions for public safety. This role leads software engineering, QA, DevSecOps, and MLops within product teams, guiding technical decisions and processes to deliver reliable software.

The successful candidate will manage multi-disciplinary teams, align engineering scope with business needs, and drive continuous improvement while staying current with AI and software engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering leadership experience with a focus on delivery.
• Hands-on 6+ years in software development and deployment pipelines.
• Experience in ML/AI platforms and DevSecOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead software engineering, QA and DevSecOps across product teams.
• Define scope from features and oversee day-to-day development.
• Guide architectural decisions balancing trade-offs.
• Integrate ML/DevOps frameworks into development activities.
• Improve processes for reliability and maintainability of released software.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to shape features meeting business needs.
• Mentor engineers and grow team capabilities.
• Foster learning and continuous improvement in the COE.

Skills

Leadership

Python

Cloud AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Kubeflow

Agile SCRUM

AI/ML

Communication

Analytical thinking

People management

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kubeflow

AWS

Azure

GCC

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.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, developing, 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. #LI-HL1

About Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX)

HTX is the world’s first Science and Technology agency that integrates a diverse range of scientific and engineering capabilities to innovate and deliver transformative and operationally‑ready solutions for homeland security. As a statutory board of the Ministry of Home Affairs and integral to the Home Team, HTX works at the forefront of science and technology to empower Singapore’s frontline of security. Our shared mission is to amplify, augment and accelerate the Home Team’s advantage and secure Singapore as the safest place on planet earth.