Senior Software Engineer, Skills & Workforce Development

GovTech Singapore; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leave benefits

Employee wellness programmes

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

GovTech Singapore is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in SWDA to help build the digital foundation of the next Singapore. You will contribute to meaningful products that empower Singaporeans to achieve career goals and lifelong learning, directly fostering a competitive and inclusive nation.

You will set high engineering standards, drive architecture and delivery, provide hands-on guidance, and ensure robust, scalable solutions with security-by-design and observability.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering complex software projects.
• Experience with high security requirements and highly available systems.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and modern frontend/backend stacks.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and IaC tooling.

Responsibilities

• Build the digital foundation of the next Singapore.
• Drive architectural standards and delivery excellence.
• Provide hands-on guidance, design reviews, and code quality oversight.
• Ensure security-by-design, observability, and operational excellence.

Skills

System design

Architectural design

Cloud-native

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD

Java/TypeScript

Tools

Next.js

React

Java

Kotlin

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

As a Senior Software Engineer in SWDA, you will build the digital foundation of the next Singapore. You will contribute to creating meaningful products that empower Singaporeans to realize their career ambitions and lifelong learning goals, directly fostering a competitive and inclusive nation.

You will drive architectural and technical expertise while driving delivery excellence. As a technical expert, you will set high engineering standards and support the development of robust and scalable digital solutions that have a lasting impact on Singapore's digital landscape.

• Collaborating with product and UX leaders in creating and driving a solid, coherent product vision and strategy, as well as creating and maintaining long‑term technical plans and roadmaps for your products
• Implement team’s engineering strategy, and directions that align with the organization’s overall vision and goals
• Partnering with stakeholders to prioritise and manage roadmaps for delivering towards product vision incrementally and efficiently in order to deliver good value to the people of Singapore
• Proactively identifying issues, risks and opportunities to have a secure solution
• Champion practices and tools to encourage a strong engineering culture and maximise engineering effectiveness and impact
• Providing hands‑on technical guidance, architectural oversight, and rigorous design reviews to ensure robust and scalable system architectures
• Setting and upholding high engineering standards across the lifecycle, including code quality, comprehensive testing, security‑by‑design, and operational excellence

What we are looking for

• A strong technical background with deep experience in system design and modern architecture, with a proven track record of delivering complex technical projects
• Experience with solving complex technical issues, e.g. high bar of security requirements, high‑availability software systems, co‑existence of new and legacy systems, etc.
• Experience in modern full‑stack technologies; experience in modern front‑end engineering on NextJs/React and/or Java/Kotlin/TypeScript on the backend is preferred
• Strong foundational knowledge of cloud‑native systems, containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Designing and maintaining data consistency models and event‑driven architectures
• Ensuring system resilience via observability, rate limiting, and failure handling
• Strong engineering practices, quality and security mindset
• Passion towards engineering excellence; evolutionary architecture, and you take pride in the craftsmanship aspect of software engineering, operational excellence
• Strong technical foundation with experience in modern architectures (e.g. cloud‑native, microservices, CI/CD, DevOps)
• Ability to navigate and modernise complex legacy systems while ensuring high availability
• 6+ years of software engineering experience

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 programmes.

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.