Description
GovTech is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a forward-deployed full-stack engineering team embedded within a defence-sector digital transformation initiative.
You will own the technical delivery and day-to-day leadership of a single engineering team operating inside a defence environment , balancing hands-on technical direction, people management, and close collaboration with military and public-sector stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end technical delivery for your team's full-stack systems, setting technical direction in collaboration with product and stakeholder counterparts.
- Ensure engineering output meets the security, reliability, and compliance bar required in a defence environment, across frontend, backend, and data layers.
- Balance new feature delivery with operational stability , including tech-debt reduction, incident response, and maintaining systems already in production.
- Participate in architecture and design reviews to ensure decisions align with delivery timelines, business priorities, and quality standards , partnering with your team's Lead Software Engineer(s), who hold technical design authority, and stepping in hands-on only when the team needs unblocking.
- Manage the full people-management cycle for your team: regular 1:1s, performance feedback, growth planning, and identifying future leaders.
- Lead or contribute to hiring: screening, interviewing, and building a lean, high-performing team suited to the demands of a forward-deployed setting.
- Act as the primary point of contact between your engineering team and defence-sector stakeholders, translating operational and mission requirements into engineering priorities, and communicating technical trade-offs clearly to non-technical counterparts.
- Identify and remove delivery blockers , unresolved dependencies, unclear requirements, or organisational friction between GovTech and defence stakeholders.
- Represent your team in cross-functional planning and governance forums specific to the engagement.
- Establish and uphold engineering quality standards (code review, testing, on-call/incident practices) appropriate to a mission-critical, security-conscious environment.
Requirements:
- Typically 8+ years of engineering experience, including prior experience managing a team end-to-end, or equivalent experience as a senior full-stack engineer ready to step into full team ownership.
- Comfortable operating in a structured, security-conscious, or regulated environment; prior exposure to public sector, defence, or similarly high-trust settings is a plus.
- Strong stakeholder management skills , able to work effectively with non-technical or operationally-focused counterparts (e.g. military personnel, government officers) and translate between technical and mission language.
- Demonstrated people-management fundamentals: coaching, feedback, performance management, and growing a team's capability.
- Sound technical judgment across full-stack architecture, delivery, and quality practices, with the ability to stay hands-on when the team or situation requires it.
- Track record of hiring and building lean, effective teams.
- Minimum Singapore Permanent Resident status required; Singapore Citizenship may be required for specific engagements depending on security classification.
Benefits:
- GovTech is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values diverse voices and perspectives.
- Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks.
- These include leave benefits to meet your work-life needs and employee wellness programs.
- We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust that you will manage your own time to deliver your best, wherever you are, and whatever works best for you.