Software Engineer, Elections Department Singapore

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. 

[About the role]

Experienced Software Engineer responsible for designing, developing, and operating scalable cloud platforms on AWS. The role involves delivering production-ready software across multiple components, implementing Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and DevSecOps best practices while ensuring security, reliability, and maintainability. Candidates should have at least five years of software engineering and cloud infrastructure experience, strong expertise in AWS, Terraform, Docker, distributed systems, and modern development practices, with the ability to work independently, collaborate across teams, and leverage AI-assisted development responsibly. Experience with government projects on GCC is an advantage.

[What you will be working on] 

As a Software Engineer, you will take on meaningful ownership of features and technical work that spans multiple components of our products. You will work with a degree of independence while continuing to grow through mentorship, and you will play an active role in shaping the quality, reliability, and culture of the team you work in.

Craft & Execution

You will deliver features and proofs of concept that span multiple components or modules, typically working across two to three areas within your team. While you will receive mentorship on architectural decisions and cross-component integration, you are expected to make thoughtful trade-offs between performance, security, and maintainability based on your understanding of the context. You will write and review code with clarity and long-term maintainability in mind, applying good engineering practices consistently, and you will expand test coverage — including unit and integration tests — to support key workflows and reduce flakiness.

Beyond feature delivery, you are responsible for the team's CI/CD processes and deployment pipelines; and will address pockets of technical debt within your domain, suggest improvements that enhance product performance or team velocity. You will also take a deliberate approach to balancing short-term delivery speed with long-term code health, flagging when quick fixes introduce future risk, and applying organisational platform and compliance standards effectively.

After your work ships, you are expected to follow through on its impact — checking metrics, reviewing error rates, and addressing post-deployment issues proactively. You will actively participate in incident triage and resolution with team support, and escalate complex issues when needed.

You will also bring rigour to the use of AI-generated code, reviewing it for correctness, edge cases, security issues, and maintainability to the same standard as any human-authored contribution. Writing clear task descriptions and specifications to get higher-quality AI assistance and reduce rework is part of how you work.

Ownership

You will independently own your assigned tasks and projects, identifying and addressing issues proactively with minimal guidance. You will know when to seek help and from whom, and you will look for opportunities to recommend improvements to processes or outcomes within your own work.

Strategic Alignment

You will align your work with your team's goals and priorities, focusing on tasks that deliver the most expected business value. You will adapt to changing priorities independently, without needing to be redirected.

Culture and Organisational Influence

You will collaborate with peers and stakeholders to ensure work is executed effectively, address minor conflicts constructively and respectfully, and suggest improvements that enhance team effectiveness. You will share knowledge, resources, successes, and failures openly — because you understand that team success depends on everyone having the information they need.

[What we are looking for] 

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in Software Engineering and DevOps/cloud infrastructure roles.

• Proven track record building scalable cloud platforms or shared infrastructure.

• Experience driving cross-team engineering standards or platform adoption.

• Bonus: Prior experience working on Government projects on GCC.

Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS (key), Azure, or Google Cloud.

• Solid understanding of distributed systems, cloud architecture, and networking/security..

• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform and containerization technologies such as Docker.

• Experience with CI/CD systems, observability stacks, and SRE practices.

• Familiarity with Node.js, TypeScript, and modern development practices

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. 
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