Description
GovTech is seeking a Deputy Director, Engineering Management to lead product engineering for a mobile-first workplace experience platform. This role presents a unique engineering leadership opportunity: owning the full vertical stack of a mobile-first workplace platform that serves the entire public service.
Key Responsibilities:
- Product Engineering & Architectural Leadership: Own the technical vision across the full vertical stack, from the native mobile application and core domain microservices to extensible APIs and SDKs.
- Platform Extensibility & Integration: Drive the design of modular, reusable developer frameworks that allow partner teams across agencies to easily plug in their own capabilities.
- Cross-Functional Orchestration & Execution: Collaborate closely with Product, UX, and Operations partners to balance user experience with technical feasibility.
- People Leadership & Organizational Talent Growth: Foster a high-performing squad through continuous coaching, 1:1s, and clear performance standards.
- Hiring & Practice Standards: Drive organizational excellence by participating actively in standard interview panels across the broader organization.
What Success Looks Like:
- Coherent Mobile Platform Experience: Public officers enjoy a seamless, resilient, mobile-first experience when accessing both core workplace services and plug-and-play partner capabilities.
- Thriving Developer Ecosystem: External agency teams seamlessly adopt and build upon well-architected, stable, and documented platform APIs and SDKs.
- Durable Technical Architecture: The platform demonstrates high availability, low technical debt, robust security, and low operational friction across all layers of the stack.
What You Bring:
- Academic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
- Years of Experience: At least 10 years of professional software engineering experience, including 3 to 5 years in formal engineering leadership and direct people management roles.
- Proven Engineering Leadership: Extensive experience as an Engineering Manager directly leading technical delivery, people management, and architectural oversight across mobile-first product surfaces.
What we offer you: GovTech offers a purposeful career to make lives better, empowering employees to master their craft through robust learning and development opportunities.