Technical Lead - Full-Stack Engineer (Node.js, TypeScript)

About the role

Activate Interactive, a technology consultancy in Singapore, is hiring a Technical Lead - Full-Stack Engineer for its Co-Development Business Unit. This is a fixed-term contract of 1 year. The role leads the technical delivery of the IGCH platform, working closely with the in-house Solution Architect, Product Owner, Business Analyst, UI/UX Designer, QA Automation Engineer and Infrastructure Team to design, build and deliver a secure, scalable cloud-based digital platform.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the engineering team in designing, developing and delivering the cloud-based platform.
• Translate the solution architecture into frontend, backend, API, database and deployment designs.
• Develop application components with React.js, TypeScript, Node.js and PostgreSQL.
• Design secure REST APIs and integration patterns, and oversee relational data modelling, schema design and reporting-ready data structures.
• Work with the Infrastructure Team to deploy applications into AWS environments.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines, build processes, deployment scripts and environment configurations.
• Act as Security Champion: embed secure coding, code review, SAST, dependency and secret scanning, and vulnerability remediation in the sprint process, and coordinate remediation of VAPT findings.

Required profile

• At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience leading a small engineering team.
• Strong frontend knowledge of React.js, TypeScript, HTML5 and CSS3.
• Strong backend experience with Node.js, TypeScript, Express.js or NestJS.
• Knowledge of OAuth2, OIDC, SSO, MFA, RBAC and secure token/session handling.

Required skills

• PostgreSQL, SQL optimisation and migration scripts; DynamoDB and OpenSearch.
• AWS services: API Gateway, Lambda, RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL, S3, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager.
• CI/CD pipelines, Docker or container packaging, and release deployment.
• OWASP Top 10, SAST, dependency and secret scanning, vulnerability remediation.

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 technical, domain expert or leadership tracks.
• Flexible place, time and load arrangements.