Job Description

What the role is:
GovTech is the lead agency driving Singapore's Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT & SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government's capabilities in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity.
At GovTech, we offer you a purposeful career to make lives better, where we empower our people to master their craft through robust learning and development opportunities all year round.
Play a part in Singapore's vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Join us to advance our mission and shape your future with us today!
Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg
What you will be working on:
About DEP:
Digital Economy Products (DEP) is a division within GovTech running like a modern product organisation, solving important underserved problems spanning across Healthcare, Manpower, Trade-Industry-Finance, National Development, and Sustainability sectors.
We are seeking experienced Staff/Senior Software Engineers to lead one or more squads working on the above sectors. You will play a crucial role by providing technical leadership & driving design, development, and maintenance of our software products, ensuring they meet the highest standards of quality, security and performance. The ideal candidate will combine strong technical expertise with excellent leadership abilities to drive software development initiatives, while providing technical guidance & coaching to their team(s).
Here are some of the public-facing products that we have built recently:
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Be part of a cross-functional development team that values quality, automation, and user experience of the software we deliver. Join engineers who build systems that matter for the public good!
As a Staff/Senior Software Engineer:
Lead one or more cross-functional agile squads consisting of Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers to solicit business requirements & deliver technical solutions
Lead the technical design and architecture of software solutions, ensuring security, scalability, performance, and maintainability
Guide, mentor and work closely with your team to to uplift product engineering competencies
Establish coding standards, best practices, and development processes for your team(s)
Identify and resolve technical debt/risks while balancing feature development
Drive adoption of relevant, up-to-date technologies, practices, and tools in modern software development lifecycle
Lead/Guide Scrum ceremonies, providing technical/product context and removing blockers
What we are looking for:
Technical Skills
Senior: 5-8 years | Staff: 7-12 years of software engineering experience building reasonably large high-availability systems at scale
Proven track record of leading & delivering technically complex products
Strong experience in modern full-stack web application technologies; experience in modern front-end engineering on Next.Js/React.js/Nuxt/Vue.js and Java/TypeScript/Node.js/Golang on the backend is preferred
Strong knowledge of databases (SQL & NoSQL) and data modeling
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS (preferred), Azure and/or GCP
Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.)
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or other container orchestration tools
Experience with observability and monitoring tools, especially the ELK stack, AWS CloudWatch, Splunk
Excellent communication skills with ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Bonus: Led legacy system modernization projects, including transitioning legacy systems to modern platforms
Bonus: Experience with / willing to pick up Infra as Code (eg. Terraform, Terragrunt, Ansible)
What We Value
Passion towards working for the public good
Excellent team player & leader who is passionate about engineering excellence
Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work autonomously & through others
Initiative: Proactively identify issues and opportunities to improve systems & teams
Collaboration: Share knowledge and contribute to a healthy, transparent team culture
Continuous learning: Stay current with technologies and best practices
Strong product mindset: Have a customer-centric thinking, be data-driven in decision making
What we offer you:
GovTech is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values diverse voices and perspectives, as we believe it is key to innovation.
Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks.
We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust you to manage your time to deliver your best.
Learn more about life inside GovTech at
About Government Technology Agency:
The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) is the lead agency driving Singapore's Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT & SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government's capabilities in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity. At GovTech, we offer you a purposeful career to make lives better. We empower our people to master their craft through continuous and robust learning and development opportunities all year round. Our GovTechies embody our Agile, Bold and Collaborative values to deliver impactful solutions. GovTech aims to transform the delivery of Government digital services by taking an "outside-in" view, putting citizens and businesses at the heart of everything we do. Play a part in Singapore's vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Join us to advance our mission and shape your future with us today! Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg.

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