Head of Cloud-Native App Modernisation

Google Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Cloud Platform is seeking a senior leader to drive enterprise modernization, refactoring legacy workloads, and cloud-native architectures across APAC. You will guide strategic initiatives, standardize best practices, and mentor cross-functional teams to deliver scalable cloud solutions.

Ideal candidates will have 7+ years in this space, strong people management experience, and deep expertise in microservices, containers, and API-driven platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience leading application modernization, refactoring legacy workloads, and architecting cloud-native solutions.
• 3 years of experience in people management and leading cross-functional teams.
• Experience designing microservices architectures, containerized deployments (e.g., Kubernetes), serverless models, and API-driven application frameworks.
• Experience designing and architecting agentic AI systems and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead the APAC professional services application modernisation practice through strategy and execution, driving legacy workload transformation across JAPAC and other regions. Drive regional practice strategy, presales agreement qualification, and operational metrics (utilization, revenue, capacity forecasting).
• Guide enterprise customers through application refactoring, transitioning monolithic architectures to microservices, APIs, and serverless models. Architect cloud-native application architectures, enabling scalability, resilience, and continuous delivery across Google Cloud infrastructure.
• Advise technical leaders and Engineering teams on Containerisation strategies, Kubernetes deployment, AI agent architecture, and adopting cloud-native application patterns.
• Establish best practices and frameworks for modernising legacy workloads, API management, DevOps integration, and cloud-native application lifecycle management.
• Manage, mentor, and scale a high-performing, cross-regional team of technical consultants across JAPAC.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud architecture

Microservices

API design

DevOps practices

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentorship

AI Systems design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Google Cloud Platform is seeking a senior leader to drive enterprise modernization, refactoring legacy workloads, and cloud-native architectures across APAC. You will guide strategic initiatives, standardize best practices, and mentor cross-functional teams to deliver scalable cloud solutions.

Ideal candidates will have 7+ years in this space, strong people management experience, and deep expertise in microservices, containers, and API-driven platforms.