Application Development Lead

Roles & Responsibilities

The Apps Development Lead drives the design, development, and delivery of secure, scalable, and modern applications that integrate seamlessly with existing systems. This role ensures interoperability, supports digital transformation, and strengthens the company's technology ecosystem through leadership in architecture, development practices, and team supervision.

System architecture and integration

• Develop and execute enterprise architecture strategy to align systems with future digital infrastructure.
• Design interoperable solutions connecting existing platforms and services.
• Lead migration from legacy systems to modern, scalable platforms while ensuring data integrity, security, and accessibility.

Requirements Analysis & Solution Design

• Establish project standards and select appropriate frameworks, platforms, and environments to ensure optimal solution design.
• Validate requirements for completeness, feasibility, and compliance, ensuring alignment with institutional objectives and security standards.

Application development

• Architect, develop and deliver applications using contemporary frameworks and languages.
• Implement microservices, APIs, and event-driven integrations for core systems (HR, Finance).
• Lead agile development practices across the team, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups. Ensure effective collaboration, continuous integration, and delivery pipelines (CI/CD) to accelerate development cycles and maintain high-quality standards.
• Ensure robust testing strategies, including functional, performance, user acceptance testing and document architecture and code to facilitate future upgrades and support.

Security and compliance

• Enforce secure development practices and compliance with PDPA policies and collaborate with cybersecurity teams for vulnerability management and penetration testing.
• Implement secure coding guidelines, maintain audit-ready documentation, and monitor security KPIs such as vulnerability closure rate and compliance adherence.

Project Management

• Manage outsourced application development projects, ensuring vendor deliverables are met.
• Coordinate with external and internal stakeholders to align outsourced solutions with enterprise architecture and compliance standards.
• Oversee project planning, risk management, and acceptance testing for outsourced deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor or Master of Engineering in Computer science, Communications Engineering, or related field.
• Preferred Certifications in AWS/Azure associate‑level or higher, Certified scrum master and having a Project Management Professional (PMP) would be a plus.
• Minimum 4+ years in software engineering, with at least 2 years leading teams or projects, preferably in Agile environments.
• Hands-on experience in Agile development practices, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and CI/CD implementation.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles and experience in designing interoperable solutions.
• Expertise in API-driven integrations, microservices, and event-driven architectures for core systems.
• Proficiency in modern frameworks and languages: React, Angular, .NET Core.
• Solid knowledge of REST APIs, relational databases (SQL Server), and familiarity with data warehousing patterns.
• Experience with AWS or Azure (compute, storage, networking, identity).
• Skilled in CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, containerization (Docker), and deployment strategies (blue-green, rolling).
• Strong grasp of secure coding practices, vulnerability management, and compliance with PDPA.
• Familiarity with OWASP standards, identity and access management (SSO), secrets management, and encryption techniques.
• Advanced knowledge of message queues/events (e.g., AWS SQS/SNS, Azure Service Bus), ETL/ELT processes, and webhook patterns for asynchronous and scalable integrations.

• Manage in house developers and oversee modernization of >10 legacy systems and ensure integration with enterprise architecture

Interested applicants please send your resume to [email protected]

Venessa Goh Wee Ni

R24124686

Recruit Express Pte Ltd

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