Engineering Manager, Digital Economy Products

[About GovTech]

GovTech is the lead agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT & SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government’s capabilities in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity.

At GovTech, we offer you a purposeful career to make lives better, where we empower our people to master their craft through robust learning and development opportunities all year round.

Play a part in Singapore’s vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Join us to advance our mission and shape your future with us today!

Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg

[About DEP]

Digital Economy Products (DEP) is a division within GovTech running like a modern product organisation, solving important underserved problems spanning across Healthcare, Manpower, Trade-Industry-Finance, National Development, and Sustainability sectors.

We are seeking experienced Engineering Managers to lead one or more squads working on the above sectors. You will play a crucial role by providing technical leadership & driving design, development, and maintenance of our software products, ensuring they meet the highest standards of quality, security and performance. The ideal candidate will combine strong technical expertise with excellent leadership abilities to drive software development initiatives, while providing technical guidance & coaching to their team(s).

Here are some of the public-facing products that we have built recently:

Career Kaki

SkillsFuture JobSeeker Support Scheme

Careers & Skills Passport

READ : Rapidly Evaluate and Analyse Documents

Organ Donation Registry

Workpass Integrated System (WINS)

Be part of a cross-functional development team that values quality, automation, and user experience of the software we deliver. Join engineers who build systems that matter for the public good!

[What you will be working on]

As an Engineering Manager:

Lead one or more cross-functional agile squads consisting of Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers to solicit business requirements & deliver technical solutions

Lead the technical design and architecture of software solutions, ensuring security, scalability, performance, and maintainability

Guide, mentor and work closely with your team to to uplift product engineering competencies

Establish coding standards, best practices, and development processes for your team(s)

Identify and resolve technical debt/risks while balancing feature development

Drive adoption of relevant, up-to-date technologies, practices, and tools in modern software development lifecycle

Lead/Guide Scrum ceremonies, providing technical/product context and removing blockers

[What we are looking for]

Technical Skills

7-12 years of software engineering experience building reasonably large high-availability systems at scale

Proven track record of leading & delivering technically complex products

Strong experience in modern full-stack web application technologies; experience in modern front-end engineering on Next.Js/React.js/Nuxt/Vue.js and Java/TypeScript/Node.js/Golang on the backend is preferred

Strong knowledge of databases (SQL & NoSQL) and data modeling

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS (preferred), Azure and/or GCP

Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.)

Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or other container orchestration tools

Experience with observability and monitoring tools, especially the ELK stack, AWS CloudWatch, Splunk

Excellent communication skills with ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Bonus: Led legacy system modernization projects, including transitioning legacy systems to modern platforms

Bonus: Experience with / willing to pick up Infra as Code (eg. Terraform, Terragrunt, Ansible)

What We Value

Passion towards working for the public good

Excellent team player & leader who is passionate about engineering excellence

Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work autonomously & through others

Initiative: Proactively identify issues and opportunities to improve systems & teams

Collaboration: Share knowledge and contribute to a healthy, transparent team culture

Continuous learning: Stay current with technologies and best practices

Strong product mindset: Have a customer-centric thinking, be data-driven in decision making

GovTech is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values diverse voices and perspectives, as we believe it is key to innovation.

Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks.

We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust you to manage your time to deliver your best.

Learn more about life inside GovTech at go.gov.sg/GovTechCareers