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Summary The Digital Health Engineer Lead is responsible for leading a small engineering team to design, build, integrate, and support digital health applications and application platform capabilities that enable the organisation's digital health initiatives. This role provides hands-on technical leadership across software engineering, application architecture, API integration, cloud services, DevOps practices, production support, and platform reliability. The position plays an important role in improving patient experience, strengthening operational efficiency, accelerating digital service delivery, and ensuring that digital health solutions are secure, scalable, maintainable, and aligned with business priorities. The role works closely with internal stakeholders such as product managers, business users, clinical or store operations teams, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, and application support teams. Externally, the role may engage with technology vendors, implementation partners, healthcare platform providers, and system integration partners to ensure quality delivery and sustainable support. A. Operational Responsibilities Lead a team of approximately 6 engineers in developing, enhancing, integrating, and supporting digital health applications and application platform services. Manage day-to-day engineering activities including sprint planning, task assignment, code review, issue tracking, release coordination, and technical support. Develop scalable and secure software solutions including web applications, mobile applications, backend services, APIs, integrations, and reusable platform components. Coordinate with product managers, business analysts, operations teams, cybersecurity, infrastructure, vendors, and support teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions. Monitor application performance, API reliability, platform availability, failed jobs, integration errors, production incidents, and service quality. Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, defect resolution, performance tuning, and technical issue management across applications, databases, integrations, and infrastructure layers. B. Strategic Responsibilities Develop technical architecture, engineering standards, integration patterns, reusable components, and platform guidelines to support the digital health roadmap. Analyse business requirements, user journeys, system dependencies, security needs, and technology options to recommend practical and scalable solutions. Improve application scalability, maintainability, automation, engineering productivity, deployment quality, monitoring capability, and platform reliability. Review emerging technologies, healthcare technology trends, cloud capabilities, digital health platforms, AI tools, and automation opportunities that may support future initiatives. C. People Responsibilities Lead engineers by providing technical guidance, coaching, performance feedback, and support for capability development. Coordinate team workload, delivery priorities, resource allocation, knowledge sharing, and engineering discipline to ensure smooth project execution. Support recruitment, onboarding, technical assessment, skill development, and succession planning for engineers within the digital health team. D. Governance / Compliance Ensure all digital health solutions comply with IT governance, cybersecurity policies, data privacy requirements, change management, and healthcare-related compliance requirements. Review solution design, technical documentation, access control, audit logging, release plans, security controls, test evidence, and support handover before production implementation. Monitor vendor delivery quality, technical risks, system dependencies, security gaps, platform resilience, and compliance issues related to digital health solutions. Requirements Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related discipline. Master's Degree in IT, Healthcare Technology, Digital Health, Data Science, or related field is an added advantage. Minimum 6-10 years of experience in software engineering, application development, system integration, or digital platform delivery. Minimum 2-3 years of experience in a technical lead, engineering lead, or team lead role. Experience leading a small engineering team in application development, platform enhancement, and production support. Experience delivering web, mobile, API, cloud, integration, or platform-based solutions. Experience in healthcare, pharmacy, clinical systems, patient platforms, insurance, retail health, or digital health environments is preferred. Experience working with product managers, business stakeholders, vendors, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, and support teams. Experience managing production incidents, change releases, technical documentation, vendor deliverables, and continuous service improvements. Strong understanding of software engineering principles, application architecture, system design, and application platform patterns. Hands-on experience with backend, frontend, mobile, API, and integration development. Familiarity with programming languages or frameworks such as Java, .NET, Node.js, Python, React, Angular, Flutter, or similar technologies. Knowledge of REST APIs, microservices, middleware, message queues, integration platforms, API gateways, and third-party system integration. Experience with databases such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, or equivalent. Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud. Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, source code management, release management, automated testing, and environment management. Understanding of cybersecurity principles including authentication, authorisation, encryption, access control, secure API design, vulnerability management, and audit logging. Knowledge of monitoring, logging, observability, performance tuning, incident response, and production support practices. Able to work in Bukit Raja, Klang
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