Senior / Software Engineer (Developer Productivity Platforms), Core Engineering Products

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. 

 

 

[What you will be working on] 

We are seeking a skilled and passionate Engineer to design, build, and operate a Whole-of-Government (WoG) developer productivity platforms.

You will work across CI/CD Tools (GitLab), Cloud (AWS), Orchestration Tools (Kubernetes EKS), and Infra-As-Code (Terraform) to create a secure, scalable, and developer-friendly platform.

This role requires strong software engineering fundamentals, systems thinking, and a passion for automation and platform excellence.

Platform Design, Build & Operations

• Architect, implement, and operate platform components across CI/CD Tools (GitLab), Cloud (AWS), Orchestration Tools (Kubernetes EKS), and Infra-As-Code (Terraform).
• Build reliable, scalable, and secure services that power the Runtime platforms (CStack, Airbase).
• Continuously improve platform performance, cost efficiency, and operational robustness.

Developer Experience & Productivity

• Design and build workflows, tooling, and paved paths that enable tenants to deploy and operate applications quickly, safely, and consistently.
• Champion automation and self-service capabilities to minimise friction for application teams.

Automation & Toil Elimination

• Identify operational bottlenecks and repetitive tasks; build automation via CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and controllers/operators.
• Partner with other engineers in the team to enable highly-automated, low-touch operations.

Observability & System Health

• Implement and maintain comprehensive observability (logs, metrics, traces, alerts) aligned with the Four Golden Signals.
• Build automation for proactive health checks, anomaly detection, and self-healing where practical.

Production Support & Incident Management

• Participate in on-call rotations; respond to incidents to minimise MTTR.
• Lead or contribute to post-incident reviews, drive actionable follow-ups, and improve platform resilience.

Security & Compliance

• Embed security into every layer of the platform through secure defaults, policy enforcement, vulnerability scanning, and AWS/K8s best practices.
• Collab