Deputy Vice President, Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture

Build the Digital Platform Backbone

• Design and implement a standardised cloud-native platform across SingPost
• Lead Kubernetes platform strategy (EKS / hybrid environments)
• Establish reusable platform components for engineering teams

Own Developer Platform & Engineering Enablement

• Build and scale an internal developer platform (IDP)
• Standardise CI/CD pipelines, deployment models, and environments
• Improve developer productivity and reduce time-to-deploy

Drive Modern Architecture Patterns

• Implement event-driven architectures (Kafka, streaming)
• Guide microservices design and API standards (REST, gRPC)
• Improve system resilience, scalability, and fault tolerance

Reduce Vendor Dependency

• Work alongside SI partners (Accenture, NCS, DXC, etc.) but challenge and elevate their designs
• Build critical capabilities in-house where it makes sense
• Ensure long-term maintainability and cost efficiency

Engineering Standards & Governance

• Define and enforce:
• Platform standards
• Security (TLS, mTLS, zero trust principles)
• Observability (logs, metrics, tracing)
• Drive DevSecOps practices across teams

Hands-On Leadership

• Lead a team of engineers and architects (Singapore + offshore)
• Stay close to the code and architecture
• Review designs, debug issues, and guide implementation

Requirement

• Experience leading engineering teams (10–20+ engineers)
• Ability to mentor engineers and raise technical standards
• Comfortable working with both internal teams and external partners
• Experienced in the following:
• Kafka / event streaming
• APIs (REST, gRPC, GraphQL)
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Solid networking fundamentals (TCP, TLS, mTLS)