Manager Data Platform Engineering Lead

Company description:

The National Healthcare Group (NHG) is a leader in public healthcare in Singapore, recognised at home and abroad for the quality of its medical expertise and facilities. Care is provided through an integrated network of seven primary care polyclinics, acute care and tertiary hospitals, national specialty centres and business divisions. Together they bring a rich legacy of medical expertise to our philosophy of integrated patient-centred care.

NHG's vision is "Adding Years of Healthy Life". This vision goes beyond merely healing the sick to the more difficult and infinitely more rewarding task of preventing illness and preserving health and quality of life. With some 22,000 staff, NHG aims to provide care that is patient-centric, accessible, seamless, comprehensive, appropriate and cost-effective.

As the Regional Health System (RHS) for Central-North Singapore, it is vital for NHG to partner and collaborate with stakeholders, community advisors, and voluntary welfare organisations. Together with our patients, their families and caregivers, we aim to deliver integrated healthcare services and programmes that help in Adding Years of Healthy Life to all concerned.

Job description:

Data Platform Engineering Lead

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Lead and oversee technical direction across data engineering, backend, frontend, MLOps domains
• Provide oversight of DevOps practices and infrastructure management
• Review and approve system architecture, design patterns, and technical decisions
• Establish coding standards, best practices, and technical documentation requirements
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools to improve development efficiency

Team & Project Management

• Lead sprint planning, backlog grooming, and agile ceremonies
• Manage resource allocation and project prioritisation across multiple workstreams
• Coordinate with stakeholders to gather and refine requirements
• Serve as primary technical point of contact for clinicians and business users
• Ensure project deliverables and milestones are met on schedule

Engineering Operations

• Oversee code review processes across all engineering domains
• Review and approve production deployments and changes
• Ensure robust testing practices including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Manage application monitoring and maintain service level agreements (SLAs)
• Lead incident response and troubleshooting for critical issues

Infrastructure & DevOps Oversight

• Review and approve CI/CD pipeline designs and automation strategies
• Oversee infrastructure architecture decisions and cloud resource planning
• Guide security and compliance implementation in infrastructure
• Review disaster recovery and backup strategies
• Ensure proper monitoring and alerting systems are in place
• Validate environment configuration management practices

Data & ML Operations

• Guide data pipeline architecture and implementation
• Oversee ML model development, deployment, and monitoring
• Ensure data quality, security, and compliance standards are met
• Direct the implementation of MLOps practices and tools

Team Development

• Mentor and guide technical growth of team members across all domains
• Conduct technical interviews and participate in hiring decisions
• Plan and oversee onboarding of new team members
• Identify training needs and facilitate knowledge sharing

Process & Documentation

• Maintain technical documentation and system architecture diagrams
• Establish and refine development workflows and processes
• Oversee JIRA ticket management and workflow
• Ensure proper documentation of incidents, changes, and solutions
• Review and approve operational runbooks