[What the role is]
GovTech is the lead agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation.[What you will be working on]
We are the GTO – Software Engineering Practice within GovTech, dedicated to uplifting engineering standards, tools, and practices across the organization.
Our mission is to reimagine how software is built, tested, shipped, and maintained - by empowering engineering teams with the tools, libraries, and guidance they need to succeed.
We build and steward key initiatives that shape how GovTech engineers work every day such as:
The GovTech Developer CLI, a unified command-line experience for onboarding and day-to-day tasks
Starter Kits and Software Libraries to accelerate secure, consistent development
The GovTech Developer Handbook, a central source of truth for engineering practices and guidelines
We work across the full software development lifecycle - from local dev environments to production delivery - to drive engineering excellence, consistency, and velocity across public digital services.
We also serve as practice enablers, helping to propagate best practices, gather community feedback, and champion a culture of engineering excellence across GovTech.
Our north star: Reduce the time it takes for an engineer to deliver value to production to under one hour.
We aim to first raise the bar within GovTech, and ultimately scale this impact across Whole-of-Government (WOG) engineering teams through common tooling, standards, and shared communities of practice.
As a Senior Software Engineer in the Reimagine Software Engineering team, you will:
Design, build, and maintain tools like the GovTech Developer CLI, starter kits, and common libraries that improve how engineers onboard, develop, and ship software.
Develop reusable Node.js and Golang libraries, templates, and patterns that enable teams to adopt secure-by-default and production-ready practices.
Collaborate with platform and product teams to define best practices for continuous integration, deployment pipelines, and local development environments (e.g., Dev Containers).
Help define and codify best practices and standards in the GovTech Developer Handbook, and partner with teams to support adoption and onboarding.
Support initiatives around containerization, runtime hardening, developer environments, and observability tooling - making it easy for teams to do the right thing.
Continuously engage developers across GovTech to understand pain points and bottlenecks
Facilitate feedback loops, conversations, and forums to uncover developer pain points
Propagate and socialize good practices, gather insights, and drive solutions that reflect real-world developer needs
Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand their needs, guide them in adopting shared tooling, and mentor engineers on engineering best practices.
Help shape the technical direction and roadmap of how GovTech engineers build software - from first commit to production operations.
[What we are looking for]
You may be a great fit if:
GovTech is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values diverse voices and perspectives, as we believe it is key to innovation.
Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks.
We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust you to manage your time to deliver your best.
Learn more about life inside GovTech at go.gov.sg/GovTechCareers.