Lead Software Engineer / Software Engineering Manager

About the role

HDB's Information Services Group builds and operates customised IT solutions for Singaporeans' housing journey. This role leads a cross-functional engineering team that owns end-to-end delivery of high-impact digital products, from design through to live operations, under a you-build-it-you-run-it model. The manager is accountable for both the team and its outcomes, working closely with the Technical Lead, Product Owner and Product Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, coach and mentor engineers across disciplines, set expectations, give regular feedback and support career growth
• Drive hiring and onboarding, including technical assessments and interviews, and grow team capabilities
• Own delivery commitments: planning, prioritisation, dependencies and risks, with predictable iterative delivery
• Partner with the Technical Lead on architecture and design, balancing features with technical debt, scalability, security and maintainability
• Ensure reliability, security and performance of live products, including incident management and post-incident reviews
• Champion DevSecOps, Secure-by-Design, test automation and Agile practices, and improve team processes and developer productivity
• Work with product, business and partner teams, and represent the team's work to management
• Explore emerging technologies, including GenAI-assisted development workflows

Required profile

• 8+ years of software engineering experience building scalable, enterprise-grade products on commercial cloud
• At least 3 years leading or managing engineering teams, with proven track record of hiring, coaching and developing engineers
• Experience in Agile delivery management and working with Product Owners and Product Managers
• Hands-on frontend and backend development, with code and design review participation
• Cloud-native and serverless engineering, microservices and event-driven architectures
• DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, test automation and live production operations, including incident response
• A people-first leader who communicates clearly, makes sound decisions and leads by example

Required skills

• Frontend and backend frameworks such as React, FastAPI, Express.js, Spring or Django
• AWS, GCP or Azure
• PostgreSQL, Amazon DynamoDB, Docker, Amazon ECS, Terraform
• Git, GitLab, GitHub, SAST and DAST