Senior Software Engineer, Managed Agencies (ELD)

GovTech Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Employee wellness programs

Competitive leave benefits

Job summary

GovTech Singapore seeks a Senior Software Engineer to modernize technology supporting elections. You will lead a team, enhance electoral systems ensuring security and efficiency for millions of Singaporeans. The ideal candidate has experience in full-stack development, particularly with Next.Js, React.js, and cloud infrastructure. Join us to contribute to public good through technology, while enjoying flexible work arrangements and competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-availability software systems.
• Experience in modern web technologies: Next.Js/React.js/Angular/TypeScript.
• Experience with .Net or Node.js/TypeScript is preferred.
• Familiarity with AWS, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD pipelines is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, maintainable software systems.
• Mentor and guide junior software engineers.
• Collaborate with the Product Manager for high-priority initiatives.
• Identify and manage cross-team technical dependencies.
• Refactor technical debt for long-term maintainability.

Skills

Full-stack web application technologies

Next.Js

React.js

Angular

.Net

Node.js

TypeScript

Cloud infrastructure

DevOps practices

AWS

Terraform

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

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

Join us in modernising the technology that supports Singapore's democratic processes! As a Senior Software Engineer at Elections Department (ELD), you will play the role of a technical lead in one of our squads and work on products that directly support Singaporeans to participate in elections. You'll be modernising and enhancing critical electoral systems that ensure secure, efficient, and transparent elections for our nation.

This Is a Unique Opportunity To

• Build technology solutions that serve millions of Singaporeans during elections
• Work on high-impact projects that strengthen our electoral system
• Collaborate with a dedicated team modernising Singapore's electoral infrastructure
• Contribute to systems that must meet the highest standards of security, reliability, and public trust

Your responsibilities will include

• Taking an active role in team delivery of product and engineering goals.
• Delivering high-quality, maintainable, and reusable software systems.
• Making technical contributions, and mentoring and guiding junior software engineers by coaching and mentoring through engineering best practices.
• Collaborating with Product Manager towards achievement of high-priority initiatives (to maximize our impact on the public good)
• Establishing practices and tools to encourage a strong engineering culture and maximize engineering effectiveness and impact.
• Strengthening how the team builds software through solution design works, constructive code/design reviews and enhancing quality, reliability, security and DevOps practices
• Proactively identify and manage cross-team technical dependencies, coordinating with other engineering teams and stakeholders to accelerate product outcomes.
• Proactively refactor/reduce technical debt for long term maintainability.
• Contributing to create a long-term technical plan and roadmap for the assigned squads, and for other squads as needed. Updating the roadmap regularly to meet future product/business needs and infrastructure requirements.

What we are looking for

• Experience working on reasonably large, high-availability software systems that have operated at scale.
• Experience in modern full-stack web application technologies; experience in modern front-end engineering on Next.Js/React.js/Angular/TypeScript and backend development with .Net or Node.js/TypeScript is preferred.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices; familiarity with AWS deployment, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native architecture, or container orchestration would be advantageous.
• Have a strong sense of what it means to be a technical leader, particularly in leading technical decision-making, conducting code reviews, and driving architectural discussions
• Passion towards engineering excellence; you deeply understand that software engineering is a team sport, and you take pride in the craftsmanship aspect of software engineering.
• Passion towards working for public good with interest.
• Interest and experience in coaching and growing junior engineers

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 that diversity is the foundation to innovation.

Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks. These include leave benefits to meet your work-life needs and employee wellness programs.

We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust that you will manage your own time to deliver your best, wherever you are, and whatever works best for you.

Learn more about life inside GovTech at go.gov.sg/GovTechCareers.

Stay connected with us on social media at go.gov.sg/ConnectWithGovTech