Software Engineering Lead
Location: singapore
Department: Engineering
Open to Singaporean citizens Only
Principal Software Engineer - Digital Ops-Tech Centre (DOTC)
About Us
The Digital Ops-Tech Centre (DOTC) is a newly established unit within the Digital and Intelligence Service, dedicated to exploring cutting-edge technologies and adopting industry best practices in software engineering. As the centre of excellence for Software Engineering, DOTC enhances the operational capabilities of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), driving productivity and efficiency through innovative digital solutions.
What We Offer You
We offer a purpose-driven career, empowering our people with continuous learning and development opportunities throughout the year. If you are passionate about building technology to strengthen national defence, we invite you to join us in developing cutting-edge solutions. Learn more at dotc.gov.sg.
Who We Are Looking For
We are seeking a Software Engineering Lead to tackle technically challenging problems in an agile, startup-like environment. In this role, you lead the technical vision and architecture for software products, overseeing development and deployment of secure, cloud-native applications. You also mentor a high-performing team, promote best practices, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver innovative, scalable solutions that drive organisational efficiency and growth.
What You Will Do
Technical Leadership
- Define and drive the long-term technical vision and architecture for our software products and infrastructure.
- Oversee the design, development, deployment, and scaling of secure, cloud-native applications.
- Guide the implementation of modern DevOps practices, including Continuous Integration (CI) /Continuous Delivery or Deployment (CD), GitOps, and Infrastructure as Code.
Team Leadership & Development
- Lead and mentor a high-performing team of engineers working across the stack
- Foster a strong engineering culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Champion best practices in code quality, testing, security, and documentation.
- Drive talent acquisition, onboarding, and performance development of engineering staff.
Strategy & Execution
- Provide strategic partnership, and innovative technology solutions that supports driving productivity and efficiency through innovative digital solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to define product and technology roadmaps aligned with organisational goals.
- Translate complex operational needs into actionable technical requirements and scalable solutions.
- Optimise team workflows and ensure timely, high-quality delivery of software features and infrastructure improvements.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Act as a technology advocate and spokesperson for innovation within and outside the organisation.
What You Will Bring
- Education in any field.
- Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in software development, with at least 5 years in technical leadership roles.
- Proven track record managing engineering teams working on large-scale, secure, full-stack applications.
- Deep experience with modern web development technologies
- Strong grasp of DevOps culture and tools.
- Experience working in or with public sector or highly regulated industries would be advantageous.
- Passion for technology that serves public good and impacts national-scale outcomes.
Join us in shaping the future of defence technology. Apply today!
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