Senior Software Engineer & Tech Lead Manager — AI Native

Open Government Products, GovTech Singapore; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Open Government Products (OGP) operates like a startup within the government, building AI-enabled tools to improve public services. We are seeking a Senior/Lead Software Engineer to lead 1–2 engineers in AED as a Technical Lead Manager, directing a portfolio of experiments and shaping technical direction while maintaining data security and high standards.

You will hire, coach, and support engineers, collaborate with PMs, designers, policy officers, and government partners to turn unclear

Qualifications

• Strong, hands-on engineering across the stack.
• Technical leadership with architectural decisions.
• People leadership and mentorship experience welcomed.
• Ownership in ambiguity and accountability for outcomes.
• Prioritise problems with evidence and impact.
• Strong collaboration with PMs, designers, policy officers.
• Experience using AI effectively in software delivery.
• Public good focus and citizen impact.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for the team's experiments and define standards.
• Lead hands-on on hardest parts of experiments and ensure safety and observability.
• Hire, onboard and coach engineers with clear performance expectations.
• Shape experiments with PMs and designers, defining success and stop criteria.
• Oversee handovers or wind-downs after experiments and ensure learnings.
• Represent engineering to partners and leadership, sharing best practices.

Skills

Hands-on engineering

Technical leadership

People leadership

Ambiguity ownership

Problem-first mindset

Collaboration & communication

AI in delivery

Public good focus

Job description

Open Government Products (OGP) operates like a startup within the government, building AI-enabled tools to improve public services. We are seeking a Senior/Lead Software Engineer to lead 1–2 engineers in AED as a Technical Lead Manager, directing a portfolio of experiments and shaping technical direction while maintaining data security and high standards.

You will hire, coach, and support engineers, collaborate with PMs, designers, policy officers, and government partners to turn unclear