Lead / Senior Software Engineer, Data Programme

The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) aims to transform the delivery of Government digital services by taking an "outside‑in" view, putting citizens and businesses at the heart of everything we do. We also develop the Smart Nation infrastructure and applications, and facilitate collaboration with citizens and businesses to co‑develop technologies.

Join us as we support Singapore's vision of building a Smart Nation – a nation of possibilities empowered through info‑communications technology and related engineering.

Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg.

Who we are

The mission of GovTech's Data Program is to deliver fit‑for‑purpose data assets and services for policy making, service delivery and operations across Whole‑of‑Government (WOG). Our programme creates value through enablement – reducing friction for agencies so they can move faster and make better decisions in their work with existing government datasets.

Key Technical Responsibilities

Standardised Data Platform

• Build and maintain unified data platform infrastructure for government agencies
• Develop APIs and services that standardise data ingestion, processing, and storage
• Create reusable components and templates for agency data platform implementation
• Implement data connectors and integration tools for legacy systems

Unified Frontend / DataHive

• Develop the central data discovery and access request platform
• Build intuitive user interfaces for data catalogue browsing and metadata search
• Implement request management workflows and approval systems
• Create responsive web applications that serve both data consumers and providers

Unified Serving Backbone

• Design and implement standardised data delivery APIs and microservices
• Build robust data serving infrastructure that can handle high‑volume requests
• Develop authentication and authorisation systems for secure data access
• Create monitoring and alerting systems for data delivery pipelines

Observability & Governance Infrastructure

• Build central observability systems for data quality monitoring and lineage tracking
• Develop dashboards and analytics tools for data usage patterns
• Implement automated data quality checks and validation frameworks
• Create audit trails and compliance reporting systems

What the role is

You will work on both small and large scale projects, building and maintaining the infrastructure behind them. We are fully aligned with the Government's cloud‑first policy and you will bring capability to help us realise this. The role includes:

• Managing the development, deployment, orchestration and maintenance of data pipelines for our products
• Ensuring the scalability, performance, and reliability of Cloud‑based applications
• Providing DevOps architecture implementation and operational support
• Architecture and planning for cloud deployments (Private and Public cloud)
• Developing and managing processes, automation, best practices, documentation
• Development and operation of continuous integration and deployment pipelines

What it is like working here

• Rapid prototyping – testing ideas quickly to identify potential issues and demonstrate feasibility.
• Reliable productisation – scaling a prototype or minimum viable product to a software product, scrutinising its usability, reliability, scalability and maintainability.
• Ownership – taking responsibility for ideas and seeing them through, building something you believe in.
• Continuous learning – exploring new architectures, frameworks, technologies and languages to keep growing.

What we are looking for

• Excellent problem‑solving and methodical troubleshooting skills
• Strong knowledge and experience in DevOps automation, containerisation and orchestration using tools such as Ansible, Airflow, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Artifactory/Nexus Sonatype
• Cloud computing deployment and management experience in AWS and GCP
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, JavaScript, Scala, Rust or Go
• Strong understanding of Apache Spark/Flink, Hadoop, distributed file systems and resource scaling/scheduling, streaming message queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka)
• Strong understanding of virtualization and networking concepts
• Experience with patch maintenance, regression testing and security incident response
• Experience with interactive workloads and machine learning toolkits and how they integrate with cloud computing (e.g. Databricks, KX)
• Experience with highly scalable distributed systems
• Experience with on‑premise deployments, government application and networking infrastructure/routing
• Breadth of knowledge – OS, networking, distributed computing and cloud computing

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 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, including leave benefits 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.