Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies

Develops secure cybersecurity solutions and research

Staff Collaboration Platform Engineer

Enterprise ApplicationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSingaporeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A degree or professional qualification in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience, with at least 4 years of experience in platform, systems, or infrastructure roles.
Deep expertise in at least one collaboration or communication domain, such as conferencing, chat or messaging, or bots and integration frameworks, and proficiency in programming or scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell.
Strong experience with automation, Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and system observability or monitoring.
Experience with scalable architectures, containerization, and identity and access management such as SSO and RBAC.
Ability to provide technical guidance using system-level thinking.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of enterprise collaboration platforms, including chat, conferencing, file sharing, and email, and drive technical roadmaps and domain-level responsibilities.
Drive platform resilience, performance, and reliability through advanced automation, proactive issue detection, and remediation.
Implement AI-powered solutions and integrate communication tools with core business workflows to streamline collaboration.
Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers, providing technical reviews, architectural guidance, and oversight to ensure engineering excellence across the team.
Evaluate and optimize collaboration systems, make trade-offs between custom and off-the-shelf systems, and drive continuous optimization, performance tuning, and technical debt reduction.

Desired Qualifications

Experience integrating AI or automation agents into enterprise systems or developing real-time collaboration stacks such as video streaming.
Prior work in performance engineering, latency optimization, or high-throughput systems.
Experience with commercial off-the-shelf solutions with custom-built modules, or open-source technologies.
Experience working in regulated or high-security environments.

Collaboration is the backbone of how our organization works. As a Staff Collaboration Platform Engineer, you will be at the forefront of designing, evolving, and maintaining the core collaboration systems that enable thousands of employees to connect, co-create, and deliver.

In this role, you will not only ensure reliability and scale, but you will architect, innovate and influence the platform's direction. You will mentor engineers, drive proof-of-concepts, lead integrations, and own strategic collaboration domains across the enterprise.

If you are passionate about shaping the future of workplace collaboration, we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of enterprise collaboration platforms, including chat, conferencing, file share, and email, driving technical roadmaps and domain-level responsibilities.
Drive platform resilience, performance, and reliability through advanced automation, proactive issue detection, and remediation.
Implement AI-powered solutions and integrate communication tools and core business workflows to streamline collaboration.
Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers, providing technical reviews, architectural guidance, and oversight to ensure engineering excellence across the team
Evaluate and optimize collaboration systems, making trade-offs between custom and off-the-shelf systems, and driving continuous optimization, performance tuning and tech debt-reduction.

Requirements (Minimum Qualifications)

A degree or professional qualification in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience, with 4+ years of experience in platform/systems/infrastructure roles.
Deep expertise in at least one collaboration/communication domain (e.g. conferencing, chat/messaging, bots/integration frameworks) and proficiency in programming/scripting languages (e.g. Python, Powershell)
Strong experience with automation, Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, and system observability/monitoring.
Experience with scalable architectures, containerization and identify/access management (e.g. SSO, RBAC)
Proven leadership qualities, including strong problem-solving skills, and ability to provide technical guidance using system-level thinking.

Nice to Have

Experience integrating AI/automation agents into enterprise systems or developing real-time collaboration stacks (e.g. video streaming)
Prior work on performance engineering, latency optimization, high throughput systems.
Experience with COTS (commercial) solutions with custom-built modules, or open-source technologies.
Experience working in regulated or high-security environments.

What you will gain

Autonomy to experiment with new frameworks, AI, or next-gen collaboration tools.
Path toward Principal Engineer, Domain Lead, or Architect roles.
Training, certification support, and access to conferences.
Cross-functional exposure (e.g. cybersecurity, UX, cloud infrastructure) to broaden your skillset.

As CSIT is an agency under the Ministry of Defence (Singapore), only Singapore Citizens will be considered.

About the Company

Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies

Develops secure cybersecurity solutions and research

CSIT builds cybersecurity and secure digital solutions to safeguard Singapore’s national security, conducting applied cybersecurity research and developing AI and data-exploitation tools in a self-built secure cloud. Its engineers design and deploy software within this private cloud to counter digital threats and protect highly sensitive information. The center’s work is closely tied to national defense, focusing on applied research rather than consumer products and using an in-house secure cloud. Its goal is to shield Singapore from cyber threats and safeguard sensitive secrets through advanced technology.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Founded: 2003

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