Software Engineer (NodeJS) - PDO Innovation Space

About the role

Activate Interactive, a technology consultancy in Singapore, is hiring a Software Engineer (NodeJS) for its Co-Development Business Unit. The project is PDO Innovation Space, focused on rapid product delivery and experimentation. You will work in Singapore Government Agencies on a fixed-term contract of 1 year.

Key responsibilities

• Turn ambiguous ideas into working web products quickly, learn from users and iterate toward production-ready solutions.
• Build and operate web products end-to-end across frontend, backend, databases, APIs, cloud infrastructure and deployment.
• Translate product ideas and user needs into working software, then iterate based on feedback and evidence.
• Make pragmatic architecture and technology decisions balancing speed, quality, maintainability and scalability.
• Work with product managers, designers and stakeholders from discovery through delivery and iteration.
• Set up engineering foundations such as automated testing, CI/CD, observability and security without slowing experimentation.
• Own outcomes across the product lifecycle and share reusable patterns and practices with the wider team.

Required profile

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with recent experience writing and shipping production code.
• Proven experience building a web system end-to-end, including frontend, backend, databases, APIs, infrastructure and deployment.
• Startup, innovation-team or fast-moving product experience, with a strong bias for action and delivery.
• Track record of taking a product from idea or prototype through to production.
• Experience in cross-functional agile product teams with product managers and designers.

Required skills

• Strong, recent Node.js experience and familiarity with the modern Node.js ecosystem.
• Strong understanding of modern web architecture, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD and software engineering practices.
• Experience with AI-assisted development workflows, including AI coding agents, code generation or automated code review.

What we offer

• Competitive market salary and a variable performance bonus.
• Medical coverage, life and health insurance, and flexible benefits or allowance.
• Wellness support, learning programmes, certification support and a staff development budget.
• Structured career pathways on a technical or leadership track, with a competency framework.
• Flexible work arrangements (flexi-place, flexi-time, flexi-load).