Frontend Engineer

CMC-APAC PRIVATE LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

CMC-APAC PRIVATE LIMITED is seeking an experienced frontend engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable web applications. You will build responsive UI components in Vue.js within an Agile/DevOps environment and translate UI/UX designs into accessible interfaces.

The role requires 3+ years in frontend development, strong HTML/CSS/JavaScript skills, and experience with modern frameworks, CI/CD, AWS, and Storybook. Government sector exposure and IM8/DSS familiarity are a plus.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Computer or Electronics Engineering, Information Technology, or related disciplines.
• At least 3 years in frontend development and engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on development with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Strong experience with Vue.js / Vue Framework (and any other design frameworks such as React and Angular).
• Good understanding of modern frontend architecture, reusable components and responsive web development.
• Experience translating UI/UX designs into intuitive, responsive and accessible user interfaces; familiarity with WCAG.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including code quality, testing, maintainability and performance.
• Adherence to software craftsmanship principles, ensuring clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Experience implementing and/or managing CI/CD pipelines and frontend build/deployment processes.
• Experience developing, deploying or operating web applications on cloud platforms (e.g. AWS).
• Experience using Storybook for UI component development and documentation.
• Preferred proven experience in supporting/completing government sector systems.
• Preferred familiarity with Government Instruction Manual 8 (IM8) policies and Digital Service Standards (DSS).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Project/Product teams to refine user stories and translate them into technical requirements.
• Design, develop, and maintain responsive and accessible web components that deliver excellent user experiences.
• Implement and enforce frontend best practices, including component reusability, performance optimization, and accessibility.
• Ensure frontend security best practices, including protection against XSS, CSRF, and other vulnerabilities; integrate static code analysis and security testing tools; support security assessments.
• Document technical decisions, architectural patterns, and frontend best practices.

Skills

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Vue.js

React/Angular

Frontend architecture

UI/UX translation

WCAG familiarity

Code quality/testing

CI/CD pipelines

AWS

Storybook

Govt sector experience

IM8/DSS familiarity

Security remediation

Education

Degree or Diploma in CS/Engineering/IT

Tools

Storybook

AWS

Job description

Role Overview

The candidate will support a design platform portal that supports multiple digital services and products, design, develop, and maintain intuitive, high-performance and scalable web applications/components. The role requires strong hands‑on frontend engineering capability, with experience delivering production‑grade applications in an Agile and DevOps environment.

Key Responsibilities

1. Design Platform Operations

• Collaborate with Project/Product teams to refine user stories and translate them into technical requirements.
• Design, develop, and maintain responsive and accessible web components that deliver excellent user experiences.
• Implement and enforce frontend best practices, including component reusability, performance optimization, and accessibility.
• Ensure frontend security best practices, including protection against XSS, CSRF, and other vulnerabilities. This includes integrating static code analysis and application security testing tools (e.g. SonarQube, Fortify on Demand) into the development workflow, as well as supporting broader security assessments such as web vulnerability scans, penetration tests, and cloud infrastructure penetration tests.
• Document technical decisions, architectural patterns, and frontend best practices.

Required Skills & Experience

Core Technical Skills

• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Computer or Electronics Engineering, Information Technology, or related disciplines.
• At least 3 years in frontend development and engineering experience.
• Strong hands‑on development with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Strong experience with Vue.js / Vue Framework (and any other design frameworks such as React and Angular).
• Good understanding of modern frontend architecture, reusable components and responsive web development.
• Experience translating UI/UX designs into intuitive, responsive and accessible user interfaces; familiarity with UI/UX best practices and familiarity with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including code quality, testing, maintainability and performance.
• Adherence to software craftsmanship principles, ensuring clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Experience implementing and/or managing CI/CD pipelines and frontend build/deployment processes.
• Experience developing, deploying or operating web applications on cloud platforms (e.g. AWS).
• Experience using Storybook for UI component development and documentation.
• Preferred proven experience in supporting/completing government sector systems.
• Preferred familiarity with Government Instruction Manual 8 (IM8) policies and Digital Service Standards (DSS).

Soft Skills

• Security-focused mindset with remediation experience.
• Independent worker with strong self-help and research skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.