Engineering Manager - MUIS

GovTech is the lead agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT & SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government’s capabilities in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity.  
 
At GovTech, we offer you 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. 
 
Play a part in Singapore’s vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Join us to advance our mission and shape your future with us today!  
 
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[What you will be working on]

MUIS is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to build and lead high-performing engineering teams responsible for developing a trusted digital lifestyle content and engagement platform for Singapore Muslim citizens, delivered through both website and mobile application channels.

As an Engineering Manager, you will play a pivotal role in establishing and leading engineering teams that develop a reliable, scalable, secure, and engaging platform. You will lead multiple agile teams of engineers, partner closely with Product Managers, Designers, Strategic Communications, business stakeholders, GovTech partners, and vendors, and be accountable for the technical direction, engineering practices, and successful delivery of the platform and related capabilities.

This is a technical leadership role that combines people management, software architecture, engineering execution, platform reliability, security governance, and organizational leadership in a public sector digital service environment.

As an Engineering Manager, your responsibilities will include: 

• Build, lead, and develop high-performing engineering teams.
• Establish engineering processes, team structures, and agile delivery practices for new and existing teams.
• Own the technical direction, architecture, and successful delivery of the website, mobile application, content platform, and engagement capabilities under your care.
• Ensure engineering excellence through strong software design, coding standards, security, reliability, accessibility, observability, and operational practices.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate MUIS policy, community engagement, content, and service delivery goals into scalable technical solutions.
• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices, including cloud-native technologies, DevOps, headless content management, search, personalisation, analytics, and AI-assisted software development.
• Lead the design and delivery of resilient core utilities and engagement features, including prayer time services, Qibla direction, religious content discovery, mosque and community information, personalised content journeys, and future AI-enabled support features.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, continuous learning, and continuous improvement.  

[What we are looking for]

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years of hands-on software development experience.
• At least 2 years of experience leading, coaching, and developing software engineers.
• Proven experience leading agile software development teams and delivering complex digital products across web and mobile channels.
• Experience building and scaling engineering teams is highly desirable.

Technical Skills

• Strong experience with mobile application development approaches, including native iOS/Android development, cross-platform frameworks, mobile architecture, app performance, secure mobile integration, and release management practices.
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems, APIs, microservices, search services, content delivery platforms, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS (preferred), Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or government cloud environments.
• Experience integrating or operating headless CMS platforms, content workflows, analytics, search, notification services, and authentication mechanisms for citizen-facing services.
• Strong experience designing and building scalable, secure, and maintainable software systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience implementing engineering best practices including automated testing, observability, monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Familiarity with modern software architecture patterns and engineering methodologies.

Preferred

• Experience leading multiple agile teams simultaneously.
• Experience delivering large-scale digital lifestyle, content, community engagement, or citizen-facing applications across web and mobile platforms.
• Experience working in public sector, government, community service, or highly regulated environments.
• Understanding of accessibility, multilingual content, content governance, and user trust considerations for diverse citizen communities.
• Familiarity with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and engineering metrics.
• Passion for leveraging AI-assisted and Agentic AI technologies to enhance software engineering productivity and outcomes.

Key Competencies

• Strong technical leadership and architectural decision-making skills.
• Excellent people management, coaching, and mentoring capabilities.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to balance delivery priorities, technical debt, quality, and long-term sustainability.
• Growth mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and innovation.
• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.

Success in This Role

You are a strong technical leader who enjoys building teams, growing engineers, and delivering impactful digital products. You can balance people, product, technology, governance, and community needs while creating an environment where engineering teams consistently deliver high-quality, secure, accessible, and scalable solutions that support MUIS’ mission to serve Singapore Muslim citizens through trusted, engaging, and reliable digital services.

[What We Offer]

• Opportunity to shape national youth and community initiatives

• Complex, meaningful problems to solve

• Collaborative, innovation-focused environment

• Professional development opportunities

• Chance to make a lasting impact on Singapore's social fabric

GovTech is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values diverse voices and perspectives, as we believe that diversity is the foundation to innovation.   

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.  

Please note that this will be a 2-year fixed term contract.

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