Assistant Director, Engineering Manager, BizSG
Summary
Head of Engineering for GovTech's BizSG platform: leads a team building AI agents that guide Singapore businesses to government services on GoBusiness (launching Oct 2026), then transact on their behalf from 2027. A hands-on builder-leader who sets technical direction, designs secure scalable systems across 14+ agencies, and still writes and reviews code.
GovTech is the lead agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT & SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government’s capabilities in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity.
At GovTech, we offer you a purposeful career to make lives better where we empower our people to master their craft through robust learning and development opportunities all year round.
Play a part in Singapore’s vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Join us to advance our mission and shape your future with us today!
Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg.
[About the role]
[What you will be working on]
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Set the technical direction for BizSG, from the BizSG Agent on GoBusiness to the shared agentic infrastructure behind it.
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Design systems that are secure, reliable and ready to scale across 14+ agencies.
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Lead the move from answering businesses’ questions to acting on their behalf, from 2027.
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Build and grow a strong engineering team. Hire well, coach hard, raise the bar.
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Stay hands-on. Write and review code, unblock the team, and show what good looks like.
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Make AI-native development the team’s default way of working, and keep testing what actually works.
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Work with product, design and agency partners to ship things businesses notice and use.
[Why this role]
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Real scale: one platform serving a whole economy’s businesses.
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Real stakes: your work cuts the time and effort businesses spend dealing with government.
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Real frontier: you’ll shape how agents are built and run safely in government.
[What we are looking for]
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A track record of system design and engineering leadership at L3 to Director level.
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Strong, current hands-on coding skills. You still build.
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Experience with AI-native development approaches.
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Deep curiosity about AI and agents, with a record of learning fast and keeping up with what works. Prior agent experience is a plus, not a must.
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A habit of starting from the user’s problem and measuring impact by what changes for them.
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The ability to build trust and align stakeholders across agencies.
Good to have
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Experience building or running LLM or agent systems in production.
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Experience in regulated or public-sector environments.
What we offer you:
GovTech is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values diverse voices and perspectives, as we believe that diversity is the foundation to innovation.
Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks. These include leave benefits to meet your work-life needs and employee wellness programs.
We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust that you will manage your own time to deliver your best, wherever you are, and whatever works best for you.
Learn more about life inside GovTech at go.gov.sg/GovTechCareers.
Stay connected with us on social media at go.gov.sg/ConnectWithGovTech
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