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At Amplify Health, we’re looking for individuals with ambition, resilience and passion for healthcare, insurance, wellness and digital technology. As a fast-growing business with the ambition of making people and communities across Asia healthier, we have exciting career opportunities available to help us achieve our vision.
The Lead, Engineering is a senior technical leader responsible for driving the design, development, and evolution of Amplify Health’s core product platforms. This role blends deep hands-on engineering capability with architectural leadership, mentoring, and strategic influence.Responsibilities
1) Technical Architecture & Platform Stewardship
Lead the design and evolution of scalable, secure, and resilient architectures across core product and platform domains.
Own complex system and solution designs, including data‑intensive, cloud‑native, and security‑sensitive use cases.
Make and document high‑impact architectural decisions, balancing short‑term delivery with long‑term platform sustainability.
Act as a recognised technical authority, guiding design choices across multiple engineering teams.
2) Product Engineering Delivery & Execution
Own development of critical product and platform components, contributing hands‑on where appropriate.
Partner with Product leadership to shape the roadmap through technical insight, effort estimation, and delivery trade‑offs.
Ensure teams are well prepared for sprint execution, with clear scope, priorities, and technical direction.
Participate actively in agile ceremonies, driving clarity, momentum, and accountability.
3) Engineering Excellence & Quality
Champion best practices in software engineering, including code quality, automated testing, performance, reliability, and observability.
Review pull requests, set engineering standards, and ensure consistent application of best practices across teams.
Identify, prioritise, and lead the reduction of technical debt and systemic architectural risks.
Promote strong operational discipline, including production readiness and incident learnings.
3) Collaboration & Influence
Work closely with Product, Data, Cloud Infrastructure, Cyber Security, and Technology Operations teams to deliver integrated solutions.
Translate complex technical concepts into clear recommendations for non‑technical stakeholders.
Influence technical outcomes across teams and domains without direct line management.
4) Security, Risk & Compliance
Partner with security, privacy, and compliance stakeholders to ensure platforms meet regulatory and data protection requirements across markets.
Drive adoption of secure-by-design principles, DevSecOps practices, and infrastructure‑as‑code standards.
Proactively identify technical, operational, and delivery risks and lead mitigation strategies.
5) Coaching, Mentorship & Capability Building
Mentor and coach engineers at all levels, raising technical capability and engineering maturity across the organization.
Act as a role model for strong engineering judgement, ownership, and resilience in complex environments.
Contribute to building a high‑performance engineering culture grounded in learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Candidate Profile
Experience and Qualifications
10+ years of relevant engineering experience, including at least 3 years operating at a senior technical lead or principal level.
Strong proficiency in one or more of: Node.js, React.js, Java, Python.
Proven experience designing and operating systems on Azure cloud, with strong knowledge of DevSecOps and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.
Ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Demonstrated success delivering complex systems in regulated or high-availability environments would be highly advantageous.
Proven experience leading technical design and delivery across multiple teams or domains.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
Competencies & Core Characteristics:
We are seeking a leader who embodies the following competencies and characteristics essential for success in our scale-up environment:
Technical Domain Expertise: Demonstrated depth in modern software engineering, cloud‑native architectures, and platform design, with the ability to solve complex, ambiguous technical problems. Recognised as a technical authority who sets engineering standards and leads by example through high‑quality design and delivery.
Strategic Architect: Able to design and evolve systems with long‑term scalability, resilience, security, and cost efficiency in mind. Consistently balances immediate product needs with future platform sustainability, making thoughtful architectural trade‑offs aligned to business strategy.
Unifier & Cross-Functional Influencer: Builds strong, trust‑based relationships across Product, Data, Cyber Security, and Operations, aligning diverse stakeholders around shared outcomes. Communicates complex technical concepts clearly and influences decisions without relying on formal authority.
Coach & Talent Multiplier: Acts as a mentor and role model, elevating the technical capability and judgement of engineers across teams. Invests in developing others through coaching, constructive feedback, and fostering a culture of learning and engineering excellence.
Data-Driven Decisiveness: Uses data, metrics, and evidence to guide technical and delivery decisions, while remaining pragmatic in the face of uncertainty. Makes timely, well‑reasoned decisions and takes ownership of outcomes, adjusting course as new information emerges.
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