AVP, Software Engineer
Hands-on Assistant VP software engineer at Singapore Exchange designing, building, and running secure, scalable production systems for mission-critical market infrastructure, while mentoring engineers and applying agentic AI across the SDLC. Stack includes Python/Java/Go/TypeScript, AWS/GCP/Azure, cloud-native tooling, CI/CD, GitOps, and observability like OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Singapore, Singapore
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Principal
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Proven experience building and supporting production-grade applications across front-end, back-end, APIs and platform services in complex enterprise environments
- Demonstrated ability to deliver well-tested, maintainable software, contribute to code reviews and drive continuous improvement
- Strong hands-on skills with modern languages and frameworks such as Python, Java, Go or TypeScript
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure, containerisation and cloud-native services
- GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code and automated testing
- Observability tooling such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus and Grafana
- Solid understanding of security-by-design, resiliency patterns and operational excellence in high-availability, regulated environments
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information and Communications Technology, or a related discipline
Nice to have
- Exposure to financial market infrastructure, including securities and derivatives trading, clearing, settlement, market operations, or exchange-related systems
Full description
At SGX Group, we create markets. We turn ideas into products and expand access to new opportunities. We are building the future of the exchange in-house: from architecture and platforms to the critical systems that power markets. The biggest decisions are still open to people who join us now.
Job description:
BUILD MARKETS. SHAPE ECONOMIES.At SGX Group, we create markets. We turn ideas into products and expand access to new opportunities. We are building the future of the exchange in-house: from architecture and platforms to the critical systems that power markets. The biggest decisions are still open to people who join us now.
The opportunityThe Assistant VP, Software Engineering is a hands-on technical leader and strong individual contributor responsible for designing, building, and delivering scalable, secure, and high-quality software solutions across critical platforms and engineering domains. Working closely with product, architecture, and delivery teams, this role provides technical leadership through solution design, engineering discipline, and execution excellence, while contributing directly to resilient, high-performing technology capabilities that support SGX's technology-led, high-availability market infrastructure. This is an opportunity for an experienced engineer to shape meaningful systems, influence engineering standards, and accelerate innovation in a mission-critical environment.
For candidates with strong ambition, this role offers a compelling platform for growth. It provides the opportunity to deepen technical mastery across modern software engineering, cloud, platform services, and operational resilience, while expanding influence across architecture, product delivery, and enterprise transformation initiatives. Over time, the role can evolve along multiple pathways, including senior individual contributor tracks such as Lead Engineer, Principal Engineer, or Architect, as well as broader leadership opportunities in engineering management, platform leadership, or strategic technology delivery. For professionals who want to combine hands-on engineering with visible impact, SGX offers both the scale and significance to build a rewarding long-term career.
The Software Engineering teamSoftware Engineering builds, runs and evolves the applications and platforms behind SGX Group's business and market infrastructure.
The team works closely with product, architecture, platform, security and delivery colleagues to turn business priorities into secure, resilient and scalable services. Its remit spans the full engineering lifecycle, from technical design and delivery through to production ownership and continuous improvement.
Our next phase is about strengthening engineering ownership, modernising platforms and practices and building consistency across teams without flattening the different needs of each business domain.