Technical Lead, BookingSG

About the role

GovTech's Government Digital Products (GDP) team designs and develops software used by government agencies, including BookingSG, a SaaS platform that manages appointments and resource scheduling across Whole-of-Government agencies. The role is a Technical Lead / Engineering Manager position to take full engineering ownership of a cross-functional squad, balancing enterprise architecture and fast delivery with hands-on coaching.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a cross-functional engineering team (internal engineers, vendors or external contributors), providing hands-on guidance and coaching on career growth.
• Define and evolve BookingSG's technical architecture, evaluate solutions against Whole-of-Government security and compliance standards, and mitigate technical risks while reducing technical debt.
• Partner with Product, Design, Infrastructure and Platform teams on the product roadmap and system dependencies.
• Champion system design, code quality, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, containerization and infrastructure-as-code, and establish design reviews and architecture discussions.
• Use engineering metrics to optimise team effectiveness and system stability, and guide the team in evaluating GenAI for automated routing and administrative workflows.

Required profile

• 5-7+ years of experience engineering and delivering production-grade web applications, with a focus on robust backend systems.
• Demonstrated experience as a Technical Lead or Engineering Manager in an agile environment; managing vendor deliverables or hybrid teams is a strong plus.
• Track record of designing and operating scalable distributed systems, ideally in multi-tenant SaaS or enterprise applications.
• Strong technical judgment, communication skills, and passion for mentoring and building a high-velocity squad.

Required skills

• Node.js and TypeScript / Go.
• React or Next.js for building web applications and APIs.
• AWS (preferred), Docker, and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Automated testing (unit, integration, end-to-end) and architectural reviews.
• Interest in GenAI is highly advantageous.