NCS is a leading technology services firm that operates across the Asia Pacific region in over 20 cities, providing consulting, digital services, technology solutions, and more. We believe in harnessing the power of technology to achieve extraordinary things, creating lasting value and impact for our communities, partners, and people. Our diverse workforce of 13,000 has delivered large-scale, mission critical, and multi-platform projects for governments and enterprises in Singapore and the APAC region.

As a Product Innovator, Products, you will be developing and guiding the design and development of the applications, services. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with AWS/Azure services, such as but not limited to IoT Hub, AKS, AKS, EKS, Lambda, and Kubernetes, and be proficient in backend development for applications and devices. This role will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to develop and guide others in the team in delivering a modular, reliable, scalable, and secure on cloud and on-premises solutions. The solutions may span across the domains of IoT, Robotics, Video Analytics, Gen AI or other products within the group.

What you will do:

• Develop solutions involving multiple languages (Java, C#, Nodejs, Golang, Python, R etc.) stacks and deployment scenarios (Cloud, On-Premises, Devices)
• Guide the architecture, development, and deployment of the cloud infrastructure on AWS/Azure using managed cloud native services or traditional deployments.
• Design and implement scalable backend services to support real-time features for applications and devices, ensuring high performance and low latency.
• Manage containerized services using AKS/EKS/GKE to ensure scalability and resilience.
• Collaborate closely with developers to ensure seamless integration between the various component teams (E.g. front-end, back-end, mobile, device)
• Define and maintain cloud development best practices, including CI/CD pipelines, cloud security, and infrastructure automation.
• Ensure backend services are highly available and monitored for performance, cost efficiency, and reliability.
• Actively participate in code reviews and provide expertise in debugging efforts across both backend and application codebases, ensuring code quality and system reliability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to performance, scaling, and security in a cloud environment.

The ideal candidate should possess:

• Soft Skills
  • Cross-Cultural Communication: Ability to communicate effectively across diverse cultural backgrounds and time zones, promoting a harmonious work environment.
  • Empathy and Adaptability: Demonstrated ability to empathize with team members from different cultures and adapt communication and management styles to meet varied needs.
  • Collaborative Teamwork: Experience in fostering a collaborative team environment where all members feel valued and contributions from different geographies are recognized.
  • Conflict Resolution: Skills in resolving conflicts in a respectful and constructive manner, ensuring team cohesion and project continuity.
  • Time Management: Ability to manage time effectively, respecting the time constraints and working hours of team members in different geographies.
  • Agile Practices: Proficient in Agile software development methodologies, with the ability to implement and adapt Agile practices to suit project needs and team dynamics.
  • Iterative Development: Experience with short development cycles, frequent updates, and continuous integration to adapt quickly to changes.
  • Scrum Leadership: Capable of acting as a Scrum Master, facilitating daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos to ensure efficient workflow and team synergy.
  • Functional and Object-Oriented Programming: Experience and proficiency in both functional and object-oriented programming paradigms, utilizing languages such as JavaScript (Node.js), Python, or Java to create clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
  • Software Design Patterns: Strong understanding of software design patterns and practical experience in applying them to software development projects. Ability to leverage patterns such as MVC, Singleton, Factory, and Observer to enhance software architecture and solve complex design issues.
  • Mobile Application Development: Working knowledge of mobile application development and deployment processes, including familiarity with mobile frameworks and platforms, which is considered a bonus.
  • Databases and Data Structures: Strong working knowledge of various database systems (relational and NoSQL) and data structures, essential for designing efficient data storage and retrieval solutions for high-performance applications.
• Requirements
  • Have a language agnostic view to software development.
  • Strong skillset that hinges on being able to learn new concepts, tools and language when needed
  • Ability to ramp-up and develop solutions in new languages with ease
  • Extensive experience in Azure/GCP/AWS Cloud architecture and backend development
  • Strong proficiency in 3 languages Java, C#, NodeJS, Python especially in building backend services and serverless functions.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration using Kubernetes (AKS/EKS), Docker and other stacks.
  • Expertise in building and scaling real-time applications.
  • Deep understanding of cloud security best practices, including IAM, VPC configurations, and encryption.
  • Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, or Ansible.
  • Strong knowledge of microservices architecture and cloud-native development.
  • Leadership experience, with a focus on backend cloud infrastructure and service development is a good addition.
  • Proficient in monitoring and performance tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana.
  • Proficient knowledge of tools similar to JIRA, Bitbucket, SonarQube, Postman, SQL Workbench, VS Code

• Preferred Qualifications (not mandatory)
  • AWS Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.
  • Familiarity with IoT development
  • Familiarity with Robotics development
  • Experience working with navigation or location-based applications.
  • Familiarity with managing multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments