Technical Lead & Engineering Manager Public Sector Platform

Government Technology Agency; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Total rewards approach

Job summary

GovTech in Singapore seeks a Technical Lead / Engineering Manager to steer the next evolution of platform products. You will own technical direction, architecture, and delivery for a cross-functional team, balancing rapid product outcomes with reliability and security across government services.

You'll collaborate with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Platform teams, mentor engineers, champion best practices, and shape scalable systems that power digital services for millions of citizens and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience engineering, scaling, and delivering production-grade web applications.
• Experience as Technical Lead or Engineering Manager within an agile environment.
• Proven ability to align engineering squads and manage vendor deliverables or hybrid teams.
• Experience designing, architecting, and operating scalable distributed systems, ideally in multi-tenant SaaS or enterprise-grade apps.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and grow a cross-functional engineering team through mentorship and a culture of ownership.
• Define the technical vision and architecture for platforms used across the Singapore Government.
• Balance rapid product delivery with long-term reliability, security, and scalability.
• Drive strong operational practices: CI/CD, testing, and code reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Distributed systems

Architectural judgment

Public sector experience

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

Go

React

Next.js

AWS

Docker

CI/CD

Job description

GovTech in Singapore seeks a Technical Lead / Engineering Manager to steer the next evolution of platform products. You will own technical direction, architecture, and delivery for a cross-functional team, balancing rapid product outcomes with reliability and security across government services.

You'll collaborate with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Platform teams, mentor engineers, champion best practices, and shape scalable systems that power digital services for millions of citizens and