Lead Engineer

Canary Technologies; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Singapore is seeking a skilled Lead Engineer to spearhead their growth in the APAC region. The role involves managing a team of engineers, setting high standards for code quality, and making impactful product decisions. Candidates should have over 5 years of engineering experience, with strong leadership and backend development skills. Additional experience with Vue.js, TypeScript, Django, and Python is a plus. This position offers various employee benefits and a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Canary Days: company-wide days off monthly.

Self Improvement Club: monthly personal goal budget.

Professional Development Chats: budget for cross-functional growth.

Travel Reimbursement: stipend for visiting offices.

Personal Travel Reimbursement: credit for stays at partner hotels.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of a strong engineering background including an IC engineering role.
• 3+ years of proven experience in leading successful engineering teams.
• Solid knowledge of developing backend applications.
• Ability to ship high-quality products.
• Self-motivated, collaborative, and diligent work ethic.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Comfort with ambiguity and eager to embrace ownership and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage a pod of engineers responsible for accelerating growth in APAC.
• Set an example as an IC in terms of both quality and velocity of code.
• Think about overall architecture and own its evolution.
• Understand metrics and how customers use products.
• Utilize a strong voice on product decisions.
• Independently mentor and advise engineers.
• Build execution plans and delegate work.
• Run pod processes autonomously.
• Participate in hiring new team members.

Skills

Leadership

Backend application development

Communication

Collaboration

Vue.js

TypeScript

Django

Python

Job description

About Us

Canary Technologies is changing the game for hotels with modern software powered by Canary's hospitality‑specific AI platform.

Canary is utilized by 20,000+ hoteliers in 100+ countries to equip hoteliers with the technology they need to work smarter and wow their guests. Major hotel brands such as Wyndham, Marriott, IHG, Four Seasons, Rosewood, and Best Western trust Canary to deliver results.

Canary was named a 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ company, a Most Innovative Company by Fast Company and a HotelTechReport Best Place to Work — and is backed by top Silicon Valley investors like Y Combinator, F‑Prime, Brighton Park Capital and Insight Partners.

About the Role

Canary is looking for a Lead Engineer to join our team and enable our next phase of growth, focusing on APAC expansion. We need a strong technical leader that can deal with ambiguity, define and guide our future architecture, and mentor a talented team of engineers. You should care deeply about customer experience while working closely with Product Managers to inform product decision‑making. The services built and owned by you will operate at a large scale. Passion and discipline around operational excellence is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage a pod of engineers responsible for accelerating Canary's growth in APAC.
• Set an example as an IC in terms of both the quality and velocity of code that you ship.
• Think about overall architecture and own its evolution based on engineering and product needs.
• Understand metrics and how our customers use our products.
• Utilize a strong voice on product decisions and prioritization.
• Independently mentor and advise engineers in a pod.
• Build engineering execution plans and delegate work to engineers in the pod.
• Run pod processes autonomously and elevate appropriately when required.
• Participate in hiring and interviewing new team members.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of a strong engineering background including an IC engineering role.
• 3+ years of proven experience in leading successful engineering teams.
• Solid knowledge of developing backend applications.
• Ability to ship high‑quality products.
• Self‑motivated, collaborative, and diligent work ethic.
• Excellent communication skills. You love being part of a diverse team, building consensus, and establishing credibility. You are a Class‑A communicator: curious, thoughtful, and clear.
• Comfort with ambiguity and eager to embrace ownership and accountability.
• Bonus: Strong Vue / TypeScript experience and strong Django / Python experience.

Benefits

We also work hard to ensure Canary is a fun and exciting place to work! Here are some of the additional benefits:

• Canary Days: As a company we want to ensure that the team has time to recharge. Each month we provide company‑wide days off to ensure there is at least one extended weekend or day off.
• Self Improvement Club: We meet each month and share our personal goals for the month. Each individual is provided a budget towards any purchases that help us achieve these goals.
• Professional Development Chats: We provide budget to help drive cross‑functional professional development conversations across the organization.
• Travel Reimbursement: Team members are able to visit our offices across New York, San Francisco or Dallas when they choose, and are provided a travel stipend for doing so. Spend time working with the team in their office, and use the rest of your time exploring a new city.
• Personal Travel Reimbursement: If you stay at a hotel that Canary works with, we provide a credit towards your stay.

Canary Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote talent regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other protected characteristic.