Engineering Manager · Singapore

Kian An

I ship platforms and grow the people who build them.

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Engineering leadership, grounded in the work.

Engineering manager and team lead with 15+ years across game development and platform engineering. I specialise in cross-functional delivery, launch readiness, and building the observability foundations that keep production stable. I've scaled teams and led distributed engineering across the APAC region.

Platform Delivery Launch Readiness Observability Cross-functional Team Scaling

Selected work.

Titles I've helped ship.

Vanguard Software

iGaming Platform

Led cross-functional delivery across game server, client, and dashboard domains toward soft launch readiness. Drove performance testing, observability practices, and launch criteria across distributed teams in Singapore and Vietnam.

Red Airship

Hiring & Team

Led engineering hiring and team building at Red Airship, applying a high-bar process to identify, onboard and develop mobile talent. Fielding lean, high-quality squads for a native mobile app for a major Singapore bank.

Shining Beyond

Idle Action RPG

Anime-style idle action RPG from XII Braves — a hero collection game launched worldwide, set in the same universe as Valiant Force.

Valiant Force

Strategy RPG

Mobile strategy RPG — one of Singapore's early homegrown titles with global success.

Big Hero 6: Bot Fight

Card Battle

Card battle mobile game developed at Gumi Asia, tied to the Disney theatrical release.

Mabinogi: Master of Living

Companion App

Companion app to the MMORPG Mabinogi, developed at Nexon.

Contact Me

Building a platform team, sorting out launch readiness, I'm reachable.