Senior Software Engineer — Build Durable Public Sector Software

Government Technology Agency; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards approach

Flexible work arrangements

Wellness programs

Job summary

GovTech, Singapore's lead agency for Smart Nation initiatives, is hiring for Judiciary's Software Engineer to build and support a portfolio of software products with a strong emphasis on end-to-end ownership and AI-informed decision making.

We favour simple, durable technologies—Go, PostgreSQL, containers, and minimal JavaScript dependencies—aiming for maintainable systems you can rely on years from now. The role is a 2-year fixed term contract and focuses on quality and safe design.

Qualifications

• Sharp engineering taste and sound judgement
• Strong fundamentals: automated testing, version control, CI/CD, observability, and secure-by-design thinking
• Comfort with Go, PostgreSQL, and container-based deployment
• Ability to discuss and defend technical solutions robustly while remaining open to evidence
• A problem-solving orientation — you go after root causes, not symptoms
• High initiative: you spot what needs doing and act
• Effective collaboration with engineers and non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support software products that underpin Judiciary's work
• Take problems from ambiguous brief through to production — including testing, deployment, monitoring, and incident response
• Participate in design discussions and code reviews; advocate clearly for technical positions and update your view when the evidence warrants it
• Identify improvements to systems, tooling, and ways of working — and drive them through

Skills

Go

PostgreSQL

Container deployment

Automated testing

Version control

CI/CD

Observability

Secure-by-design thinking

Job description

GovTech, Singapore's lead agency for Smart Nation initiatives, is hiring for Judiciary's Software Engineer to build and support a portfolio of software products with a strong emphasis on end-to-end ownership and AI-informed decision making.

We favour simple, durable technologies—Go, PostgreSQL, containers, and minimal JavaScript dependencies—aiming for maintainable systems you can rely on years from now. The role is a 2-year fixed term contract and focuses on quality and safe design.