Full Stack Engineer

STAR CAREER CONSULTING PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

STAR CAREER CONSULTING PTE LTD is seeking an experienced Full Stack Engineer to lead technical delivery across the full engineering lifecycle. This consultancy role combines hands-on engineering, technical leadership, architecture, and coaching for client teams.

You will set engineering standards, prototype to de-risk decisions, and build lasting engineering capability within client organisations. Strong collaboration with stakeholders and a proactive, hands-on mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-stack software engineering across architecture, development, testing, deployment and production.
• Experience delivering greenfield and legacy modernisation projects.
• Strong knowledge of microservices, APIs, integration patterns and modern software architecture.
• Hands-on with cloud platforms, CI/CD, IaC, automated testing and observability.
• Strong security awareness including OWASP best practices.
• Experience coaching engineers via pairing, workshops or leadership.
• Comfort working across multiple languages, frameworks and stacks.
• Excellent client-facing and stakeholder communication; able to explain trade-offs to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery and architecture for greenfield development and legacy modernisation.
• Design solutions using microservices, event-driven, API-first and strangler patterns.
• Build production-ready applications with strong automated tests.
• Promote engineering practices including TDD, code reviews, pairing, refactoring and debt management.
• Design API contracts, integration patterns and scalable architectures.
• Develop POCs and spikes to validate architecture decisions.
• Deploy on cloud platforms using CI/CD and IaC.
• Establish monitoring, observability and production-readiness practices.
• Identify risks and communicate trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Coach client engineers through pairing, workshops, mentorship and feedback.
• Facilitate architecture reviews, discovery sessions, mob programming and retrospectives.

Skills

Full-stack development

Microservices

API design

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

OWASP security

Mentoring

Stakeholder comms

Client-facing

Job description

Job brief

We are recruiting on behalf of our client for an experienced Full Stack Engineer to lead technical delivery across the full engineering lifecycle - from discovery and architecture through development, deployment, and production operations.

This is a consultancy and client-facing role combining hands-on engineering, technical leadership, architecture, and coaching. You will set engineering standards, de-risk technical decisions through prototypes and spikes, and build lasting engineering capability within client teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery and architecture for greenfield development and legacy modernisation
• Design solutions using microservices, event-driven, API-first, and strangler architecture patterns
• Build production-quality applications with strong automated test coverage
• Champion engineering practices including TDD, code reviews, pair programming, refactoring, and technical debt management
• Design API contracts, integration patterns, and scalable application architectures
• Develop POCs and technical spikes to validate and de-risk architecture decisions
• Deploy applications on modern cloud platforms using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
• Establish monitoring, observability, and production-readiness practices
• Identify technical risks and clearly communicate architecture decisions and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Coach client engineers through pairing, workshops, mentorship, and continuous feedback
• Facilitate architecture reviews, technical discovery sessions, mob programming, and engineering retrospectives

Requirements

• 5+ years of full-stack software engineering experience across architecture, development, testing, deployment, and production operations
• Experience delivering both greenfield and legacy modernisation projects
• Strong understanding of microservices, APIs, integration patterns, and modern software architecture
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, automated testing, and observability
• Strong understanding of software security and OWASP best practices
• Experience coaching or mentoring engineers through pairing, workshops, or technical leadership
• Comfortable working across different programming languages, frameworks, and technology stacks
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder communication skills, including the ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical audiences
• Consultancy or professional services experience is advantageous
• Familiarity with SHIP-HATS, SG Tech Stack, Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) or Singapore Government projects is advantageous