Java Technical Lead

Java Technical Lead

NCS is a leading AI Tech Services company. With a 15,000-strong team across the Asia Pacific, NCS scales its platforms and capabilities to provide clients with greater agility and AI expertise across a range of Industries. Embracing a strong ecosystem of global partners, NCS transforms technology services delivery combining AI with digital resilience to drive real business impact. NCS is a subsidiary of the Singtel Group.

What will you do?

As a Tech Lead, you will have to –

• Lead technical delivery for complex projects
• Get your hands dirty by debugging the issue with the team
• Coach junior developments on good software engineering practices
• Understand the business requirements and translate them into the technical requirement
• Work with upstream and downstream applications, infra and cyber team for integrations issues, design issues and troubleshooting of technical issues
• Manage internal and client stakeholder
• Assign work to team, track their work and able to complete your own work along
• Implement best-in-class engineering practices using NCS standards. 
• Collaborate with architects on solution design and technical governance. 
• Ensure best practices, frameworks and re-useable components are employed in the project. 
• Drive DevSecOps adoption and ensure application security compliance. 
• Develop and review the low level design for the modules/services 

Qualifications

The ideal candidate should possess:

• Due to government project sensitivity, we will only consider Singapore Citizen
• Degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent work experience
• Proficient in spoken and written English
• A can-do attitude and ability to work in grey areas.
• More than 6 years of hands-on experience in development and deployment of Java technologies
• Backend development using Spring Boot framework
• Frontend development using React JS, Angular, Typescript
• Relational Databases like Postgres, Oracle Database and MS SQL 
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience in migrating a monolith to microservices architecture
• Experience in CI/CD
• Good understanding of Windows and Linux
• Hands-on experience in basic monitoring using tools like Splunk, Elastic, AppDynamics etc.
• Strong hands-on expertise in the primary tech stack (languages - Java, .NET, or Python, frameworks, CI/CD, cloud, security basics) to retain technical credibility and make informed decisions 
• Module design skills: designing services, APIs, data models, and non-functional qualities (scalability, performance, reliability) at module or subsystem level.  
• Solid experience as a Senior Developer or Tech Lead in enterprise projects. 
• Strong coding and design skills in Java. 
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, CI/CD pipelines, and security practices. 
• Passion for learning architecture principles and solutioning.
• Exposure to AI assisted coding tools such as Github Copilot, Cursor and Claude Code

Additional Information

We are driven by our AEIOU beliefs—Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership, and Unity—and we seek individuals who embody these values in both their professional and personal lives. We are committed to our Impact: Valuing our clients, Growing our people, and Creating our future.

 

Together, we make the extraordinary happen.

 

Learn more about us at ncs.co and visit our LinkedIn career site.

 

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