Technical Lead

About Us

99 Group is a leading real estate technology company that operates real estate portals across South East Asia specialising in digital property advertising. Headquartered in Singapore it is currently operational in Singapore and Indonesia and employs over 500 Singapore 99 Group operates and while in Indonesia it operates and .

Join Us and Lead the Real Estate Revolution!

At 99 Group were on a mission to revolutionise the real estate industry by seamlessly integrating cutting-edge technology and innovation. If youre excited to be at the forefront of this transformation and are ready to tackle the industrys challenges head-on we want you to be a part of our dynamic team.

Your Role: Technical Lead

We are looking for a Technical Lead who can guide a cross-functional engineering team while remaining deeply hands-on. This role will involve around 70% hands-on engineering and 30% team leadership with a strong emphasis on backend architecture cloud-native systems and building scalable solutions. You will oversee both backend and frontend engineers ensuring strong technical direction while staying involved in day-to-day development.

Responsibilities

• Design develop and review backend services APIs and overall system architecture with a cloud-native mindset.
• Work closely with engineers to diagnose and resolve scalability challenges from service bottlenecks to database performance issues.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to backend and frontend engineers helping them grow and operate more effectively.
• Set technical direction ensure high engineering standards and drive best practices in a pragmatic context-aware manner.
• Act as a multiplier by elevating the teams technical capabilities improving collaboration and fostering a culture of ownership.
• Partner with Product Managers and Engineering Managers to plan align and deliver projects that meet business objectives.
• Participate actively in code reviews technical design discussions and solutioning sessions.
• Balance hands-on contributions with leadership responsibilities ensuring smooth execution while supporting team members.

Requirements

• 7 years of professional software engineering experience with at least 2 years leading or guiding a team.
• Strong backend engineering background with working knowledge of frontend technologies.
• Experience building cloud-native scalable distributed systems.
• Ability to incrementally solve scalability problems across all layers of the stack application service and database.
• Pragmatic mindset: understands that technical decisions involve tradeoffs and avoids blindly applying best practices.
• Strong communication mentorship and technical guidance skills.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Good to Have

• Experience with Golang and JavaScript/TypeScript though other language backgrounds are welcome.
• Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks and microservices architecture.
• Willingness to learn and adapt quickly especially in adopting Golang for backend work.