Software Engineer (Full Stack) - A26260

United States Digital Space LLC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical coverage

Learning budget

Career progression

Job summary

Activate seeks a Technical Lead - Full-Stack to guide the IGCH platform’s delivery. You will work with Solution Architect, Product Owner, BA, UI/UX, QA and Infra to build a secure, scalable cloud-based system ready for AWS deployment.

Responsibilities include translating architecture to frontend, backend, API and database designs, leading a small team, and enforcing secure coding and CI/CD practices. AWS, REST APIs and relational databases are key.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience, with experience leading a small engineering team.
• Frontend: Strong working knowledge of React.js, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3 and responsive web application development.
• Backend: Strong experience with Node.js, TypeScript, Express.js or NestJS.
• Database: Strong experience with PostgreSQL, relational design, SQL optimisation, data integrity and migration scripts.
• API Development: Experience designing and securing REST APIs.
• Authentication & Access Control: Knowledge of OAuth2, OIDC, SSO integration, MFA concepts, RBAC, secure token handling.
• AWS Application Knowledge: Experience with API Gateway, Lambda, RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL, S3, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager.

Responsibilities

• Translate the Solution Architect’s target architecture into implementable frontend, backend, API, database and deployment designs.
• Lead the engineering team in the design, development and delivery of a cloud-based digital platform.
• Design secure REST APIs and integration patterns to support internal modules and future external integrations.
• Oversee relational data modelling, schema design, and deployment readiness for AWS environments.
• Design and develop components using React.js, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL.

Skills

React.js

TypeScript

HTML5

CSS3

Node.js

Express.js

NestJS

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

OpenSearch

OAuth2

OIDC

RBAC

AWS

CI/CD

Docker

OWASP

Tools

Docker

Job description

the company ("Activate") is a leading technology consultancy headquartered in Singapore with a presence in Malaysia and Indonesia. Our clients are empowered with quality, cost-effective, and impactful end-to-end application development, like mobile and web applications, and cloud technology that remove technology roadblocks and increase their business efficiency.

We believe in positively impacting the lives of people around us and the environment we live in through the use of technology. Hence, we are committed to providing a conducive environment for all employees to realise their full potential, who in turn have the opportunity to continuously drive innovation.

We are searching for our next team members to join our growing team.

If you love the idea of being part of a growing company with exciting prospects in mobile and web technologies that create positive impact on people’s lives, then we would love to hear from you.

Co-Development Business Unit is looking for a Software Engineer (Full Stack)

This is a fixed term contract role. The engagement is 1 year.

Internal Code: A26260

What will you do?

We are looking for a Technical Lead - Full-Stack Engineer to lead the technical delivery of the IGCH platform. The role will work closely with the in-house Solution Architect, Product Owner, Business Analyst, UI/UX Designer, QA Automation Engineer and Infrastructure Team to design, build and deliver a secure, scalable and maintainable cloud-based digital platform.

• The Technical Lead will translate the Solution Architect’s target architecture into working application design, guide developers, enforce engineering standards, oversee code quality, support CI/CD, coordinate security readiness and ensure the platform is ready for deployment into AWS-managed environments.
• Technical Leadership: Lead the engineering team in the design, development and delivery of cloud-based digital platform.
• Architecture Implementation: Translate solution architecture into implementable frontend, backend, API, database and deployment designs.
• Full-Stack Development: Design and develop application components using React.js, TypeScript, Node.js and PostgreSQL.
• API & Integration: Design secure REST APIs and integration patterns to support internal modules and future external integrations.
• Database Design: Oversee relational data modelling, schema design, transaction handling, audit logging and reporting-ready data structures.
• Cloud Application Readiness: Work with the Infrastructure Team to deploy applications into AWS environments.
• CI/CD & Release: Familiar with configuration and maintain application-level CI/CD pipelines, build processes, deployment scripts and environment-specific configurations.
• Security & Code Quality: Act as the team’s Security Champion by embedding secure coding, code review, SAST, dependency scanning, secret scanning and vulnerability remediation into the sprint process.

VAPT Readiness: Coordinate remediation of security findings from code scanning, DAST and formal VAPT reports.

Requirements

What are we looking for?

• At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience, with experience leading a small engineering team.
• Frontend: Strong working knowledge of React.js, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3 and responsive web application development.
• Backend: Strong experience with Node.js, TypeScript, Express.js or NestJS.
• Database: Strong experience with PostgreSQL , relational database design, SQL optimisation, data integrity and migration scripts. Experience with non-relational
• database such as DynamoDB, and OpenSearch.
• API Development: Experience designing and securing REST APIs.
• Authentication & Access Control: Knowledge of OAuth2, OIDC, SSO integration, MFA concepts, RBAC, secure token/session handling and audit logging.
• AWS Application Knowledge: Working knowledge of AWS application services such as API Gateway, Lambda, RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL, S3, CloudWatch and Secrets Manager.
• DevOps: Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker or container packaging, environment configuration and release deployment.
• Security: Knowledge of OWASP Top 10, secure coding, SAST, dependency scanning, secret scanning and vulnerability remediation.

Benefits

What do we offer in return?

Competitive Compensation: Market competitive salary and variable performance bonus aligned to your skills, impact, and contribution.

Benefits: Outpatient medical, specialist medical coverage and generous customisable flexi benefits, or flexi allowance; life and health insurance, thoughtful perks like special occasions “red packet” and CNY goodies, etc.

Employee Wellness: Support for your physical, mental, and overall well-being through year-round initiatives.

Growth & Development: Learning programmes, certification support, and a dedicated staff development budget. (We are a “SHRI 2025 Gold winner” in “Learning & Development; Coaching & Mentoring”)

Career Progression: Structured career pathways that enable you to grow along a technical/domain expert track or a leadership track.

Competency Framework: A structured and practical framework to support you to develop, perform, and succeed.

Flexible Work Arrangement: Staff may choose to work flexi-place, flexi-time, and flexi-load based on existing framework

Why you'll love working with us?

If you are looking for opportunities to collaborate with leading industry experts and be surrounded by highly motivated and talented peers, we welcome you to join us. We provide all employees with equal opportunities to grow and develop with us. We believe your success is our success.

the company Singapore is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications and abilities. the company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, colour, religion, gender, sexuality, national origin, age, disability, marital status or any other characteristics protected by law.

Protecting your privacy and the security of your data are longstanding top priorities for the company.

Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing the company’s recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes.

Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.activate.sg/privacy-policy ) to know more about how we collect, use, and transfer the personal data of our candidates. Here you can find how you can request for access, correction and/or withdrawal of your Personal Data.