Technical Manager - DS/MC

About ST Engineering

ST Engineering is a global technology, defence, and engineering group with offices across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S., serving customers in more than 100 countries. The Group uses technology and innovation to solve real-world problems and improve lives through its diverse portfolio of businesses across the aerospace, smart city, defence, and public security segments. Headquartered in Singapore, ST Engineering ranks among the largest companies listed on the Singapore Exchange.

Our history spans more than 50 years, and our strategy is underpinned by our core values – Integrity, Value Creation, Courage, Commitment and Compassion. These 5 core values guide every aspect of our business and are embedded in our ST Engineering culture – from the people we hire, to working with each other, to our partners and customers.

About our Line of Business – Mission Software & Services

Our Mission Software & Services business provides leading-edge mission critical command, control, and communications (C3) systems with secured IT infrastructure and managed services. We support our client's innovation journey through design thinking, analytics, and AI-enabled decision support with our full suite of cloud computing solutions. We provide intelligent, actionable insights and sustainable solutions to our valued partners in diverse industries including defence, government, and commercial sectors.

Together, We Can Make A Significant Impact

We are seeking a hands-on Technical Manager to lead a cross-functional engineering team in designing, building, and delivering scalable software and platform solutions. You will provide technical direction, coach engineers to grow both technically and as leaders, and drive best practices in Agile and DevOps. You will translate complex business requirements into clear technical specifications and oversee end-to-end solution delivery—from architecture and design to implementation, deployment, and operations.

Be Part of Our Success

Team Leadership & Delivery

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers; build technical and leadership capabilities through coaching, pairing, and career development plans.
• Manage project delivery across multiple initiatives concurrently, coordinating interdependencies and aligning milestones, risks, and resources.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning/review/retro) and remove impediments to maintain delivery momentum.

Technical Strategy & Architecture

• Define and implement software and platform development strategy aligned to business goals and target architecture.
• Translate user and business requirements into technical specifications and design documents; establish and govern design principles, standards, and methodologies.
• Oversee architecture, design, and implementation of new features and services; provide technical expertise and design reviews.

Engineering Excellence

• Drive improvements in scalability, reliability, performance, security, and cost efficiency across services and platforms.
• Champion Agile and DevOps practices (CI/CD, trunk-based development, IaC, automated testing, observability).
• Ensure adherence to coding standards, secure coding practices, design patterns, and software development lifecycle (SDLC) controls.
• Manage the implementation and rollout of software and platform solutions into production with operational readiness (monitoring, alerting, SLOs).

Stakeholder Management

• Partner with Product, Architecture, Security, and Operations to align priorities, define scope, and deliver outcomes.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders; produce design specs and architecture artifacts.

Qualities We Value

Leadership & Delivery

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams and managing end-to-end delivery of medium-to-large programs or multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong coaching ability to uplift engineers technical depth and leadership capabilities.

Technical Expertise

• Proficient in at least two programming languages among TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, C#; able to perform code reviews and guide implementation.
• Familiarity with modern software development tools, practices, and standards (e.g., Git, code review workflows, automated testing, CI/CD, containerization, cloud).
• Ability to translate complex software concepts into clear design blueprints and technical specifications.

Methods & Practices

• Practical understanding of Scrum processes and methodologies; experience facilitating Agile ceremonies is an advantage.
• Working knowledge of DevOps practices and toolchains.
• 7–12 years in software development/ engineering with 3–6+ years in team leadership or managerial roles.

Our Commitment That Goes Beyond the Norm

• An environment where you will be working on cutting-edge technologies and architectures.
• Safe space where diverse perspectives are valued, and everyone's unique contributions are celebrated.
• Meaningful work and projects that make a difference in people's lives.
• A fun, passionate and collaborative workplace.
• Competitive remuneration and comprehensive benefits.