Associate Software Engineer

About the role

NCS, an AI tech services company and subsidiary of the Singtel Group, is hiring an Associate Software Engineer. You will build, test and enhance full-stack features under the guidance of senior engineers, writing clean and tested code and collaborating with product, QA, DevOps and engineering teams to deliver secure, reliable and maintainable software.

Key responsibilities

• Engineer, test and deploy frontend and backend features following established architecture, coding standards and secure development practices
• Craft clean, reusable and well-tested code, and build responsive, accessible and performant web components
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and backend services, and diagnose and fix bugs
• Take part in code reviews, work with QA on test coverage and release readiness, and help improve version control and CI/CD pipelines
• Keep up with tools and frameworks, adopt AI-augmented development tools, and seek mentorship from senior engineers

Required profile

• 1-2 years of professional software engineering experience
• Working knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript
• Foundational proficiency in at least one frontend framework (React.js, Next.js, Vue.js or Angular)
• Foundational proficiency in at least one backend technology (Java Spring Boot, Node.js, or Python frameworks such as Django, Flask or FastAPI)
• Knowledge of databases and SQL, and of RESTful API development
• Familiarity with version control and CI/CD concepts, and awareness of basic security principles

Required skills

• Unit testing frameworks
• Nice to have: UI libraries such as Material-UI, Tailwind CSS or Bootstrap, and Figma
• Nice to have: GraphQL or WebSockets, and basic knowledge of logs, monitoring, caching, rate limiting, load balancing, autoscaling or Redis
• Nice to have: hands-on use of AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code or Cursor

What we offer

• Large-scale, innovative transformation programs with direct community impact
• Career development and training in areas such as 5G, advanced analytics, AI and cloud
• Multiple career pathways for vertical advancement or lateral moves
• Collaboration with colleagues from diverse backgrounds