Technical Lead, Digital Products

[What the role is]

The Singapore Global Network (SGN) is a young division under EDB and focuses on building a strong ecosystem in support of overseas family, friends and fans of Singapore (3F). SGN leads the Whole-Of-Government effort to grow our collective networks whose skills, affinity and influence could strengthen our linkages to business and talent communities, and enhance the international mindshare of Singapore as a vibrant global city and welcoming home in Asia.

This role works closely within SGN’s digital products team to develop, deliver and maintain a digital platform for connections between and within Singapore’s global business and talent communities. There is also opportunity to work on other digital products within the wider EDB organisation.

We are looking for a Technical Lead with strong technical experience and background to lead the development and management of SGN’s digital infrastructure, which is primarily built off a SaaS-based tech stack. You will be responsible for advising and managing an agile team on the design, implementation, testing and deployment of end-to-end software solutions, using modern software development practices such as agile and devops methodologies.

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a start-up environment with a pioneering team, building up the digital platform and infrastructure to serve a large-scale network all around the world.

[What you will be working on ]

The responsibilities include:
- Lead the software engineering efforts by driving architecture selection, software design, execution and operations to meet both technical and business needs.- Communicate effectively with development team, internal and external stakeholders-
- Ensure compliance of digital infrastructure with government and IT policies:

- (a) Be familiar and up-to-date on government and IT policies to identify gaps within supported system
- (b) Review code scan reports regularly to identify flaws and vulnerabilities to be addressed- (d) Work closely with vendors to arrange for System Security Acceptance Tests and ensure remediation or mitigation actions are implemented
- (e) Prepare necessary documents eg risk assessments and policy deviation memos for approval- Implement DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Development strategies to improve velocity and quality of development and operations teams[What we are looking for]- Bachelor's/Master’s degree in Business Information Systems (IS), Computer Science or related field in a reputed institution-
- Minimum three (3) years’ experience leading software teams utilising the Agile software development methodology- Knowledge of Software Engineering best practices, software development life cycle including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.- Experience in leveraging on Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery tools to enable rapid delivery of value such as scripts for automated testing tools, scripts for configuration management- Proficiency in:

- (a) C#, JavaScript, HTML, CSS. Proficiency in other modern programming languages is a plus.
- (b) Relational and non-relational databases, such as MS SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB etc
- (c) Front-end frameworks such as React, Node.js, or Angular 2-
- Strong collaboration skills, ability to partner and work effectively across teams and with business stakeholders- Good communication skills, ability to articulate technology concepts, participate in discussions on requirements with stakeholders- Proactive and self-motivated with the willingness to learn and has the ability to focus on priorities to deliver in a fast paced environment- Singaporean