GovTech Singapore

Government digital services delivery and infrastructure

Senior Software Engineer - Ministry of Law

Full-Stack EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSingaporeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience working on reasonably large, high-availability software systems that have operated at scale.
Experience leading and coaching developers, guiding them toward shared goals and helping them improve performance and career growth.
Strong mastery of Agile and Scrum methodologies, with proven experience implementing and optimizing these practices across development teams and managing vendor-partner deliverables.
Demonstrated experience in production incident management, L3 support, and system reliability practices.
Strong experience with AWS cloud services and modern full-stack web application technologies, including Next.js or React.js on the frontend and Java or TypeScript on the backend.
Familiarity with Python for basic data analysis and Terraform for infrastructure as code.
Proficiency with continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, such as GitLab CI, and modern development workflows.
Solid understanding of software architecture principles, system design, and building resilient distributed systems.
Proven experience in low-code development, with a good understanding of OutSystems architecture, components, lifecycle management, and best practices.

Responsibilities

Define the team’s engineering vision, strategy, and direction in alignment with organizational goals.
Partner with stakeholders and agencies to prioritize and manage roadmaps, delivering product vision incrementally and efficiently.
Create and regularly update a long-term technical plan and roadmap for the assigned team and other teams as needed, addressing future product and business needs and infrastructure requirements.
Work regularly with engineers on performance, professional growth, constructive feedback, mentoring, and guidance.
Work with cross-functional partners to develop quality, reliability, and security strategies within the team.
Identify and initiate worthwhile engineering initiatives to maximize public-good impact.
Establish practices and tools that encourage a strong engineering culture and maximize engineering effectiveness and impact.
Help with recruitment, particularly for more senior hires.
Provide technical direction and processes for one or more teams.
Drive the design, implementation, and delivery of one or more products owned by the team.
Lead software engineering squads building applications that enable businesses, citizens, and intellectual property professionals to file and examine intellectual property.
Incorporate artificial intelligence capabilities into digital products.

Desired Qualifications

Familiarity with government or regulated-environment requirements.
Experience integrating with Whole of Government platforms or GovTech products.

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, you will be responsible for technical direction and processes in one (or more) team. Additionally, you will drive the design, implementation, & delivery of one or more products owned by your team.

The Senior Software Engineer will lead software engineering squads to build applications for businesses, citizens and intellectual property professionals, enabling them to file and examine intellectual property with ease. He/ She will achieve this through software engineering excellence and incorporating AI capabilities into our digital products.

Defining your team’s engineering vision, strategy, and directions that align with the organization’s overall vision and goals.
Partnering with stakeholders and agencies to prioritize and manage roadmaps for delivering product vision incrementally and efficiently.
Creating a long-term technical plan and roadmap for the assigned team, and for other teams as needed. Update the roadmap regularly to meet future product/business needs and infrastructure requirements.
Work regularly with engineers to engage in conversations regarding their performance, professional growth, offering constructive feedback, mentoring, and guidance as needed.
Working with cross-functional partners to develop quality, reliability, and security strategies within your team.
Proactively identifying and initiating worthwhile engineering 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.
Helping with recruitment, particularly for more senior hires.

[What we are looking for]

Minimum 5+ years of experience working on reasonably large, high-availability software systems that have operated at scale.
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.
Experience in leading and coaching developers; guiding them to achieve important goals together and helping them enhance their performance and grow their careers.
Strong mastery of Agile/Scrum methodologies with proven experience implementing and optimising these practices across development teams and managing vendor-partner deliverables.
Demonstrated experience in production incident management, L3 support, and system reliability practices.
Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, particularly Product Managers and UX designers.
Strong experience in AWS cloud services and modern full-stack web application technologies, modern front-end engineering like Next.js/React.js and Java/TypeScript on the backend.
Familiarity with Python for basic data analysis and Terraform for IaC.
Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI or similar) and modern development workflows
Solid understanding of software architecture principles, system design, and building resilient distributed systems.
Proven experience in low code development, with good understanding of OutSystems architecture, components, lifecycle management, and best practices.
Familiarity with government or regulated environment requirements, with experience integrating with Whole of Government platforms or GovTech products is an advantage

Please note that this will be a 2-year fixed term contract.

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

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About the Company

GovTech Singapore

Government digital services delivery and infrastructure

GovTech Singapore builds and maintains government digital services and national digital infrastructure for citizens and businesses. It develops Smart Nation infrastructure and applications and collaborates with citizens and businesses to co-develop technologies. Its offerings are government-focused, delivered through public-sector platforms rather than consumer apps, and designed with a citizen-centric, outside-in approach. Its goal is to improve the delivery of public digital services at scale and advance Singapore’s Smart Nation by creating accessible, reliable digital government infrastructure.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Founded: 2016

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