Software Development Lead (Local Development Centre)

Leidos is seeking an experienced Software Development Lead to support the Local Development Centre (LDC) in Singapore. This role combines technical leadership hands-on software development mentoring and customer collaboration to deliver complex software solutions while building long-term engineering capability.

Joining us will allow you to:

• Lead the development of complex software solutions in a collaborative engineering environment.
• Mentor and develop software engineers through hands-on technical leadership.
• Work closely with customers in a collaborative development and capability-building model.
• Influence software architecture development standards and engineering practices.
• Collaborate with engineering teams across Singapore and the United States.

Software Development Lead Responsibilities

• Lead the design development integration testing and deployment of software applications and services.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to software engineers within the LDC.
• Drive co-development activities with customer engineers providing guidance coaching and technical oversight.
• Establish and maintain software development standards coding practices quality processes and engineering best practices.
• Support the development and enhancement of web applications APIs services reporting capabilities data exchange services and data management functions.
• Collaborate with systems cloud DevSecOps test and site reliability engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Participate in software architecture design reviews technical planning estimation and risk management activities.
• Support knowledge-transfer activities technical training workshops and on-the-job training programs.
• Ensure software deliverables meet quality cybersecurity operational performance and maintainability requirements.
• Support troubleshooting defect analysis root cause investigation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Champion the adoption of AI-enabled software engineering practices and modern development tools to improve developer productivity software quality knowledge sharing and delivery efficiency.
• Support knowledge transfer workforce development training or mentoring initiatives.

Job Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Computer Engineering Information Technology or a related technical discipline.
• 7 years of experience in software development and software engineering.
• Experience leading software development teams or serving as a technical lead on complex software projects.
• Strong software design and development experience using modern programming languages such as Java Python C JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Experience designing and developing APIs microservices web applications and distributed systems.
• Experience working in Agile software development environments and participating in Scrum-based delivery teams.
• Familiarity with software development lifecycle (SDLC) source code management testing CI/CD and release management processes.
• Experience mentoring software engineers and supporting technical skill development.
• Strong problem-solving communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work effectively in customer-facing and cross-functional environments.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience leading co-development teams involving customers partners or contractor personnel.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted software development tools such as Claude Code GitHub Copilot Cursor Sourcegraph Cody Gemini Code Assist or similar technologies.
• Experience integrating AI/ML services LLM capabilities or intelligent automation into software solutions.
• Experience using Agile planning and collaboration platforms such as Jira Azure DevOps Rally Confluence GitLab or similar tools.
• Scrum Master (CSM PSM) or other Agile-related certifications.
• Experience working in regulated mission-critical safety-critical or highly available operational environments.
• Aviation transportation defense government or critical infrastructure domain experience is desirable.

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