Software / DevOps Engineer

Software / DevOps Engineer — Statutory Board

Industry:

Public Sector / Government

Job Type:

Permanent

Work Arrangement:

Hybrid

About the Role:

Join GovTech's Government Digital Transformation (GDT) team, forward-deployed to MSF — Singapore's lead ministry for social and family policies. You'll build, modernize and operate digital services that directly impact vulnerable individuals, families and communities.

We are hiring across:

Software Engineering (SWE), Quality Engineering (QA) and DevOps / Platform Engineering. Depending on the team, you may specialize in one area or work across the full engineering lifecycle.

You'll work on initiatives such as Case Central, ComLink+, the Social Service Coordination Centre and Early Childhood programs — in an environment that spans greenfield platforms and brownfield modernization.

What You'll Do:

• Design, build and maintain backend services, APIs, frontend applications and data pipelines
• Develop and automate tests, CI/CD pipelines and deployment infrastructure
• Work with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCC), containers and IaC (Terraform/OpenTofu)
• Integrate systems across government agencies, schools, healthcare and social-service partners
• Improve observability, security controls and operational reliability
• Modernize legacy applications (Java, Kotlin, platform-based systems)
• Create reusable engineering capabilities for adoption across MSF teams

What We're Looking For -

Mindset:

• Takes ownership end-to-end: from requirements to production support
• Thinks in trade-offs (speed, security, cost, maintainability)
• Comfortable with ambiguity and pragmatic problem-solving
• Strong communicator with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Cares deeply about code quality, testing, observability and security

Technical Skills:

(you don't need all — strong fundamentals matter most):

• Languages: Java, Kotlin, Python, TypeScript, Node.js, Go, C#
• Frontend: React / Next.js, Vue, Angular
• Data & APIs: REST, GraphQL, SQL/PostgreSQL/MySQL, NoSQL, ETL pipelines
• DevOps / Cloud: AWS, GCC, Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, ECS, Terraform/OpenTofu, GitLab CI/CD
• QA: Test automation, API testing, CI/CD integration, performance and security testing
• Other: Microservices, event-driven architectures, Git, code reviews

Nice-to-Have:

• Salesforce, OutSystems, Appian, Pega, Microsoft Dynamics, Databricks
• Platform modernisation or reusable framework experience
• GCC, Singpass/Corppass, SGTS exposure
• Government, regulated or sensitive-systems experience

Interview Process:

• Discussion of past projects and your specific contributions
• Coding / problem-solving and system design
• Cloud, infrastructure and security considerations
• Practical technical exercise for some roles (e.g., Terraform/OpenTofu infrastructure task)
• For senior candidates: independent decision-making, legacy constraints, building reusable capabilities

We care more about how you think and what you've built than memorized answers.

Why Join Us:

• Meaningful impact: Build technology that supports Singapore's most vulnerable
• Modern engineering: Work with cloud-native tools while solving real-world constraints
• Growth: Exposure to full-stack, platform and cross-agency integration work
• Culture: Ownership, pragmatism and engineering quality over buzzwords

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, religion, gender or age.