Head of Engineering

About the company

I am currently working with an established technology solutions provider specializing in high-transaction, real-time enterprise platforms. They focus on delivering scalable, highly available, and secure software systems for global clients.

Your tasks

About the Job

• Act as a strategic consultant to executive management, providing expert advice on technology direction, system architecture, and compliance frameworks.
• Lead and mentor a robust technical department of approximately 50 professionals across frontend, backend, and mobile engineering (excluding QA).
• Evaluate and restructure existing technical processes to better support complex client projects, delivery pipelines, and stringent compliance standards.
• Build engineering frameworks and delivery pipelines from scratch, systematically embedding modern AI-assisted tools and agentic workflows to boost productivity.
• Oversee the end-to-end design of cloud-native solutions, microservices, and API integrations ensuring high availability and secure-by-design principles.
• Maintain a strong technical pulse on the ground, remaining willing to be hands-on to guide the team through complex software development life cycle (SDLC) challenges.

Requirements

Skills and Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or a highly quantitative field, with 12+ years of software engineering experience and at least 6 years in a senior leadership capacity.
• Deep technical foundation in building high-transaction distributed systems, coupled with the hands-on capability to build scalable frameworks from the ground up.
• Demonstrated success in scaling and managing large engineering teams (50+ headcount) across multiple disciplines.
• Proven expertise in modern cloud architecture (AWS preferred), microservices, CI/CD automation, and generative AI integrations (e.g., LLM APIs).
• Strong background in technical governance and risk mitigation, with the ability to confidently present and advise the C-suite and enterprise clients.
• Certifications in enterprise architecture (e.g., TOGAF), cloud security (CISSP/CISM), or familiarity with high-volume transactional compliance standards (like GLI) are highly advantageous.

How to apply

To apply online please use the 'apply' function, alternatively you may contact Sophia Lim at 9248 7488. (EA: 94C3609/ R26163753 )