Duration: 6-12 months (negotiable), could be extended up to 3 years
Digital transformation within the public sector is at the heart of what GovTech (Government Technology Agency of Singapore) does. As a Software Engineer, you will play the role of a technical lead in one of our squads. You will play a pivotal role in leading one of our squads. Additionally, you will drive the strategic design, implementation, and delivery of multiple products owned by your squad.
Your responsibilities will include:
•Taking a leadership role in team delivery of product and engineering goals.
•Delivering high-quality, maintainable, and reusable software systems.
•Making significant technical contributions and providing technical leadership to software engineers by coaching and mentoring through engineering best practices.
•Influencing team direction towards the achievement of high-priority initiatives to maximize our impact on the public good.
•Establishing practices and tools to foster a strong engineering culture and maximize engineering effectiveness and impact.
•Independently managing external (to the team) dependencies related to your work items.
•Collaborating with other leaders to create a long-term technical plan and roadmap for the assigned squads, and for other squads as needed. Updating the roadmap regularly to meet future product/business needs and infrastructure requirements.
•Leading recruitment efforts, particularly for senior hires.
What we look out for:
• Relevant skills of minimum 5 years with strong evidence of application
• Primary skill - Java is most important technology requirement
• Secondary – Javascript, SQL and relational database skills
•Experience working on reasonably large, high-availability software systems that have operated at scale.
•Experience in modern full-stack web application technologies; experience in modern front-end engineering on Next.Js/React.js and Java/TypeScript on the backend is preferred.
•Have a strong sense of what it means to be a technical leader, particularly as it relates to the suite of soft skills beyond just your technical chops.
•Passion towards engineering excellence; you deeply understand that software engineering is a team sport, and you take pride in the craftsmanship aspect of software engineering.
•Passion towards working for public good with interest.
•Interest and experience in coaching and growing junior engineers.- Growth mindset