Lead Research Engineer – Aviation & Weather Systems

A*STAR Research; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research is seeking software development professionals in Singapore to deepen domain knowledge in aviation and weather systems while translating research into user-centric software solutions.

You will design, build, and maintain modular microservices, collaborate with designers, researchers and product owners, and drive end-to-end delivery with a strong DevSecOps mindset and agile practices.

Qualifications

• At least 1+ year of professional software development experience.
• Ability to develop both front-end and back-end; understand client-server interaction.
• Core stack includes Java, Node.js, Python, TypeScript and React.
• Solid understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP).
• Experience with Agile methodologies and CI/CD approaches and tools.
• Awareness of code quality metrics and security frameworks.
• Cloud technologies and containerization/orchestration (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes) advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Domain Mastery: actively learn aviation and weather systems to build contextualized solutions.
• Research Translation: translate research into user-centric software solutions.
• System Design: design, build, and maintain robust, scalable microservices-based systems.
• Feature Development: collaborate with designers, product owners, researchers to build features and interactive prototypes with UX considerations.
• End-to-End Delivery: oversee the full software development lifecycle from ideation to deployment and maintenance.
• DevSecOps & CI/CD: utilize DevSecOps tools and champion shifting security left in the pipeline.
• Agile Advocacy: promote agile and continuous delivery to bring value early to collaborators.

Skills

Full Stack Development

Java

Node.js

Python

TypeScript

React

OOP

Agile & CI/CD

Quality & Security

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research is seeking software development professionals in Singapore to deepen domain knowledge in aviation and weather systems while translating research into user-centric software solutions.

You will design, build, and maintain modular microservices, collaborate with designers, researchers and product owners, and drive end-to-end delivery with a strong DevSecOps mindset and agile practices.