Principle Software Engineer

PERSOL; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is urgently hiring a Principal Software Engineer in Singapore. The role demands over 15 years of experience in software engineering with a strong focus on technical leadership and large-scale product delivery. This hybrid position involves guiding technical vision, establishing best practices, and mentoring junior engineers. Candidates with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering and experience across various engineering domains are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Good Pay + Benefits

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience, including 8+ years in senior technical leadership roles.
• Strong track record of delivering large-scale software products.
• Deep specialization in one technical domain with broad architectural expertise.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical subject matter expert across core software engineering domains.
• Shape the long-term technical vision and define technology roadmaps.
• Lead end-to-end technical design ensuring alignment with architectural principles.
• Establish engineering best practices to enhance software quality and security.
• Drive technology evaluation and adoption for development efficiency.
• Own delivery and development strategies for system architecture support.
• Provide technical governance to review implementations.
• Collaborate with Product Management and cross-functional teams.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers to elevate technical capabilities.

Skills

Software engineering

Technical leadership

System architecture

DevOps

QA/testing

Data management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Job description

Urgently Hiring Principal Software Engineer

Hybrid Work

Good Pay + Benefits

Public sector / Gov Project Exp preferred

Responsibilities

1. Act as the technical subject matter expert across core software engineering domains, including solution and software architecture, front-end, back-end, DevOps, QA/testing, and data management.
2. Shape the long‑term technical vision, defining technology roadmaps that enable scalable project and product delivery.
3. Lead end‑to‑end technical design, ensuring in‑house built systems and components align with architectural principles, internal standards, security, and performance requirements.
4. Establish engineering best practices and standards to guide teams in building secure, resilient, maintainable, and high‑quality software.
5. Drive modern technology evaluation and adoption, recommending frameworks, tools and libraries to strengthen the common tech stack and accelerate development efficiency.
6. Own delivery and development strategies, ensuring the overall system architecture supports seamless integration within the broader ecosystem.
7. Provide technical governance, reviewing implementations for feasibility, optimization, architectural integrity, and delivery excellence.
8. Collaborate closely with Product Management and cross‑functional stakeholders to solve complex engineering challenges across multiple product teams.
9. Mentor and coach junior and mid‑level engineers, elevating technical capability and fostering career growth.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
2. 15+ years of software engineering experience, including 8+ years in senior technical leadership roles (e.g., Solution Architect, Software Architect, QA Lead, Data Management Lead, or equivalent).
3. Strong track record of delivering large‑scale, in‑house developed software products, including multi‑site deployments and distributed environments.
4. Deep specialization in at least one technical domain (front‑end, back‑end, QA/testing, data systems, or DevOps) combined with broad architectural expertise.
5. Experience leading cross‑functional engineering initiatives, driving standards, technical problem‑solving, and delivery alignment across teams.
6. Proven ability in technical coaching, documentation and engineering excellence leadership.
7. Analytical, self‑driven, and detail‑oriented, with strong communication and system‑thinking skills.

Interested candidates, who wish to apply for the advertised position, please email us an updated copy of your resume.

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