Senior Software Engineer, National Environment Agency (Meteorological Services)
Summary
Senior software engineer at Singapore's GovTech, forward-deployed to the National Environment Agency to build weather dissemination systems: assessing NEA's tech landscape, advising on CI/CD and SRE practices, running POCs, and developing full-stack cloud applications, integrations and APIs. Requires 8+ years IC experience with frontend/backend stacks and cloud platforms.
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]
For more information, visit www.nea.gov.sg
[What you will be working on]
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to work directly with agencies, enabling them to develop robust systems for Weather Dissemination.
As a forward-deployed engineer, you’ll partner with agencies to solve complex challenges, gather insights, and drive continuous improvement in our product offerings. This role combines deep technical expertise with a commitment to customer enablement and feedback, ensuring that our Core Engineering Products evolve to address the real-world needs of our customers.
- Partner with software engineers and other functions to understand objectives for development delivery efficiency and system resiliency, helping them articulate how specific technical capabilities and best practices will achieve key business outcomes.
- Conduct comprehensive assessments of NEA's existing technical landscapes, workflows, and processes to identify inefficiencies, pain points, and gaps that hinder their goals.
- Collaborate with NEA to identify the most relevant practices (e.g., CI/CD, SRE) for using Core Engineering Products in achieving their goals, considering unique needs and industry best practices.
- Develop transition roadmaps that outline a clear path from the current state to the desired future state, including the adoption of recommended tools and processes.
- Explain complex concepts clearly to various NEA stakeholders, providing actionable recommendations for improving workflows and addressing their challenges, and providing supporting diagrams as needed.
- Support NEA with proof of concept (POC) initiatives to validate solutions, offering hands-on assistance during early implementation phases to enable smooth transitions to full-scale rollouts.
- Design, develop and maintain scalable, secure and reliable full stack applications and services, including system integrations and APIs supporting web and mobile applications.
- Take ownership of cloud infrastructure setup, deployment, configuration and ongoing maintenance to ensure application availability and security.
- Collaborate closely with fellow Software Engineers to exchange insights, share tools and scripts, and foster a collaborative environment that supports continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
[What we are looking for]
- 8+ years in an individual contributor software engineering role.
- Strong experience working with agentic coding tools such as Claude Code and Codex.
- Experience with one or more Front End Libraries / Frameworks such as React, Kotlin, Swift, React Native.
- Experience with one or more Backend Languages / Libraries / Frameworks such as Golang, NodeJS, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Experience with one or more of Cloud Service Providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP with hands-on experience in infrastructure setup, configuration, deployment and maintenance.
- Strong track record of successful large-scale partner solution implementations, preferably in complex enterprise environments
- Exceptional communication skills with ability to bridge technical discussions between internal teams and external partners
- Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, cloud monitoring, and Infrastructure as Code is preferred
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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