Manager (Software Engineering & Delivery)

ENGGSOL PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

ENGGSOL PTE. LTD. in Singapore seeks a senior leader to head and develop the software engineering organisation supporting the Traffic Management Systems Division.

You will ensure the division has people, capabilities, and resources to deliver projects and lifecycle support, leading architects, developers, DevOps and platform engineers. You will work with project teams, customers, and offshore resources to govern end-to-end software delivery, establish engineering standards, DevSecOps pipelines,

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead large software teams and manage performance.
• Experience establishing engineering standards and governance processes.
• Ability to recruit, develop and retain technical talent.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop a high-performing software engineering organisation.
• Oversee full software development lifecycle and diverse engineering teams.
• Establish and maintain structured lifecycle processes, standards, and quality gates.
• Coordinate with project teams, customers, and offshore resources to deliver solutions.

Skills

Software leadership

DevSecOps

Resource planning

Engineering governance

AI in software engineering

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud/edge computing

Job description

The candidate will lead and develop the software engineering organisation supporting the Traffic Management Systems Division.

The candidate is responsible for ensuring that the Division has the people, capabilities, engineering practices, and resources required to support project delivery, solution development, and system lifecycle support. The successful candidate will oversee the full software development lifecycle and lead multidisciplinary teams comprising software architects, managers, technical leads, developers, DevOps and platform engineers, and system support personnel.

The candidate will work closely with project teams, customers, business development teams, corporate technology and engineering functions, and offshore development resources.

Key Responsibilities:

People and Organisation Leadership

• Lead, manage, and develop a high-performing software engineering organisation.
• Coach and mentor software managers, architects, technical leads, developers, DevOps engineers, and platform engineers.
• Manage performance, competency development, career progression, training, and succession planning.
• Identify capability gaps and implement appropriate recruitment and workforce-development plans.

Resource and Capacity Management

• Plan and manage software capacity and capabilities to support projects, solution development, presales, maintenance, and system enhancements.
• Forecast resource demand and allocate personnel across projects and business priorities.
• Monitor resource utilisation, capability gaps, team performance, and delivery commitments.
• Coordinate with offshore and external development resources, ensuring consistent engineering, cybersecurity, quality, and delivery practices.

Software Engineering and Delivery Governance

• Establish and maintain a structured software development lifecycle covering requirements, architecture, design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Define and implement engineering standards, technical reviews, documentation requirements, and quality gates.
• Establish modern DevSecOps practices and automated development, testing, security, and delivery pipelines.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, engineering governance, cybersecurity requirements, applicable standards, and industry best practices.
• Monitor software quality and delivery performance and drive corrective actions and continuous improvement.

Project and Technical Leadership

• Provide technical and delivery leadership to project software teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Review software architectures, engineering plans, resource estimates, schedules, technical risks, and development approaches.
• Support system integration, testing, deployment, customer acceptance, maintenance, and enhancement activities.
• Promote knowledge sharing and reuse of common platforms, frameworks, tools, components, and lessons learned across projects.

Technology Strategy and Innovation

• Develop a software technology and engineering roadmap aligned with the Division’s business and solution strategy.
• Keep abreast of developments in software engineering, traffic management systems, cloud and edge computing, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, data platforms, automation, and artificial intelligence.
• Evaluate and introduce suitable technologies, engineering practices, tools, and reusable software platforms.
• Promote responsible adoption of AI-assisted software engineering with appropriate security controls, technical reviews, and quality gates.

Presales and Customer Engagement

• Support tenders and proposals through solution architecture, software estimates, resource plans, delivery strategies, risk assessments, and technical responses.
• Participate in customer meetings, technical workshops, solution presentations, system demonstrations, trade shows, and showcases.
• Present the Division’s software engineering capabilities, delivery practices, technology strengths, and quality controls.
• Ensure that software-related commitments are technically feasible, appropriately estimated, and deliverable.