Senior Software Engineer (Atlas)

What the Role is
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:

• Proactively stay abreast of developments in technologies and programming languages to identify and recommend existing components and technologies that can be leveraged to deliver on our goals

• To interpret and convert functional / feature requirements into software implementation designs following existing or industry best practice software development frameworks

• To write highly efficient software code and automated software unit tests for features or components as assigned

• To work in an agile, cross-functional team, actively engaging to support the success of the team

• Working with group of data scientist to design and develop RESTful APIs to provide Data as a Service (DaaS)

• To contribute to solving complex technical problems and work collaboratively with the rest of the team

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field

• At least 5 years of experience in software development

• Experience with cloud native application development, with experiences in Infrastructure as Code (IAC), Containerization, and Serverless Computing

• Successful development and deployment of public Application Program Interfaces (APIs) for web services using REST, RESTful web services and API Gateways

• Experience in agile development teams, employing relevant methodologies and practices such as Scrum, Continuous Integration and Deployment to enable rapid delivery of value

• Knowledge of modern Software Engineering best practices, software development life cycle including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

• Possess an interest in data science and artificial intelligence; candidates with prior experience in these fields will have an advantage

• Proficient in Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

• Proficient in other modern programming languages is a plus

• Relational and non-relational databases, such as PostgreSQL, Redshift, DynamoDB etc

• Front-end frameworks such as React or Angular

• Terraform or CloudFormation Scripts

• CI/CD pipeline (Gitlab or equivalent)

GovTech is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values diverse voices and perspectives, as we believe it is key to innovation. 

Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks.

  

We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust you to manage your time to deliver your best.

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