Description
GovTech is seeking an engineering manager to work on technically challenging problems in an environment running like a modern product company, solving important underserved problems in the public sector.
As an Engineering Leader, you will be responsible for technical direction and processes in one (or more) team. Additionally, you will drive the design, implementation, & delivery of one or more products owned by your team.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Defining your team's engineering vision, strategy, and directions that align with the organisation's overall vision and goals.
- Partnering with stakeholders and agencies to prioritise and manage roadmaps for delivering product vision incrementally and efficiently.
- Creating a long-term technical plan and roadmap for the assigned team, and for other teams as needed.
- Work regularly with engineers to engage in conversations regarding their performance, professional growth, offering constructive feedback, mentoring, and guidance as needed.
- Working with cross-functional partners to develop quality, reliability, and security strategies within your team.
- Proactively identifying and initiating worthwhile engineering initiatives to maximise our impact on the public good.
- Establishing practices and tools to encourage a strong engineering culture and maximise engineering effectiveness and impact.
- Helping with recruitment, particularly for more senior hires.
The ideal candidate will have:
- 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 like 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.
- The ability to guide a team to achieve important goals together.
- 10+ years of experience coaching developers; helping them enhance their performance and grow their careers.
GovTech offers 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. We offer a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks, including 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.