Engineering Manager (RSAF)

About the role

This role leads end-to-end technical delivery for a team building full-stack systems in a defence environment. You set technical direction with product and stakeholder partners while ensuring output meets the security, reliability and compliance standards required, and you balance new features with operational stability.

Key responsibilities

• Set technical direction and take part in architecture and design reviews, working with the team's Lead Software Engineer(s) and stepping in hands-on only when needed.
• Manage the full people-management cycle: regular 1:1s, performance feedback, growth planning and identifying future leaders.
• Lead or contribute to hiring, screening and interviewing to build a lean, high-performing team.
• Act as the main link between the engineering team and defence-sector stakeholders, translating mission requirements into engineering priorities and explaining technical trade-offs.
• Remove delivery blockers such as unresolved dependencies, unclear requirements or friction between GovTech and defence stakeholders.
• Represent the team in cross-functional planning and governance forums.
• Establish and uphold engineering quality standards (code review, testing, on-call and incident practices).

Required profile

• Typically 8+ years of engineering experience, including prior team management or equivalent senior full-stack experience.
• Comfortable in a structured, security-conscious or regulated environment; public sector, defence or similar high-trust experience is a plus.
• Strong stakeholder management and people-management fundamentals.
• Track record of hiring and building effective teams.
• Singapore Permanent Resident status required; citizenship may be required for some engagements depending on security classification.