AVP, Application Development

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Singlife is a leading homegrown financial services company, offering consumers a better way to financial freedom. Through innovative, technology-enabled solutions and a wide range of products and services, Singlife provides consumers coantrol over their financial wellbeing at every stage of their lives. </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">In addition to a comprehensive suite of insurance plans, employee benefits, partnerships with financial adviser channels and bancassurance, Singlife offers investment and advisory solutions through its GROW with Singlife platform. It also offers the Singlife Account, a mobile-first insurance savings plan. </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">Singlife is the exclusive insurance provider for the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Officers Group Insurance Scheme. Singlife is also an official signatory of the United Nations Principles for Sustainable Insurance and the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, affirming its commitment to finding a better way to sustainability. </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">The merger of Aviva Singapore and Singlife was announced in September 2020 and created one of the largest homegrown financial services companies in Singapore in a deal valued at S$3.2 billion. It was the largest insurance deal in Singapore at the time. Singlife was subsequently acquired by Sumitomo Life in March 2024, one of Japan’s leading life insurers, which valued Singlife at S$4.6 billion, making the transaction one of the largest insurance deals in Southeast Asia.</p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Purpose:</b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">The Senior Engineer performs analysis, rectification, development and technical governance for web and mobile applications and will be accountable for the maintenance, quality of code, and compliance to standards within the platform. Accountabilities include but not limited to: </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Analysis, Designing, Development & implementation of </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:'Courier New';">o<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Microservices (Java, Spring, Hibernate) </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:'Courier New';">o<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Automated unit testing of the deliverable </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">In accordance with agreed digital/platform strategy, standards and governance for a business unit, project, program, platform or feature team</p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Defining technical specifications of solutions in accordance with the agreed digital/platform strategy incorporating service fundamentals, security, and system performance</p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Driving continuous improvement through technical and process innovation to optimize the way we deliver to our customers, promoting ways to leverage business benefit at every opportunity</p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Responsibilities:</b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u>Nature of Work </u></p><p><u></u></p><u></u> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Analysis, Design and Develop the impact of any change for services resulted from external or internal requirements. </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Responsible, Accountable and collaborate with cross functional teams to deliver the components roadmap. </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Technical development of existing programs, analyzing and identifying areas for modification when required, taking into consideration of building security, performance, monitoring and non-functional requirements within solution </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Technical (Unit Testing), Integration & Functional testing </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Confirm that any changes to the Platform are compliant with Singlife architecture standards, or deviations are agreed with the relevant governance authorities</p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Propose innovative solutions or alternative approaches </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Identify and implementing Service improvements and applying software upgrades </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Proactive improvements to operational processes within the platform to meet customer expectations and drive efficiencies </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Accountable for Cloud related </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u>Problem Solving </u></p><p><u></u></p><u></u> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Accountable for solving problems and dealing with difficulties in line with policy, process and other guidelines applying technical knowledge and expertise </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Depending on the nature of the specific role, problems can range from repetitive daily issues to complex technical problems requiring significant expertise</p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Escalate problems according to guidelines</p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Provide technical solutions for deficiencies in process, application configuration and operational procedures </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u>Resource Complexity </u></p><p><u></u></p><u></u> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Accountable for prioritizing own use of time to deliver the workload expected of the role while working within policy and guidelines and applying technical knowledge</p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Understand and proactively involve in programs related to Tech Upgrade, Platform Automation and Cloud Migration program. </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Ensure that delivery is sufficiently well designed to mitigate the risks posed by the changes </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations relating to the above functional activities.</p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Experience</b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Minimum 5 years of working experience with Rest API services </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Minimum 5 years of strong hands on working experience with Java frameworks such as (J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, Microservices) </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Minimum 3 years of experience in SQL or relevant query language </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Minimum 3 years of working experience with microservices framework and containers </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Working experience with AWS Cloud</p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Full stack experience is a plus, preferably in React/React Native or Angular </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Working experience with any test automation tools is a plus</p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Ability to pick up knowledge of the application </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills along with effective communication (both written and verbal) skills </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Proactive to propose innovative solutions or alternative approaches to difficult issues</p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Education Academic:</b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Degree in Computer Science, IT or related discipline (preferred) </p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p><p> </p>