Senior Software Engineer, MSF (Case Central)

About the role

GovTech, Singapore's lead agency for Smart Nation and public sector digital transformation, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its MSF (Case Central) team. You will solve technically challenging problems in a modern product-style environment, covering areas such as healthcare, manpower transformation, trade facilitation, national development, HR and finance products. You will own features end-to-end, from performant, accessible React and Next.js interfaces to robust Java and Spring Boot backend services.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain full-stack web applications with React, Next.js and Java Spring Boot, including SSR and the Next.js App Router.
• Build clean, documented RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL endpoints for internal and public-facing apps.
• Conduct thorough code reviews and champion best practices such as SOLID, clean architecture, design patterns and DRY/KISS.
• Define and enforce Git branching strategies (Gitflow, trunk-based) and release workflows.
• Write automated unit, integration and end-to-end tests and advocate for meaningful test coverage.
• Resolve technical debt, performance bottlenecks and security vulnerabilities.
• Work with DevOps teams on CI/CD pipelines, automated linting and quality checks.
• Mentor junior engineers through pair programming and knowledge sharing, and take part in architecture discussions, sprint planning and retrospectives.

Required profile

• Minimum 4 years of hands-on full-stack development on production web apps serving real users at scale.
• Deep experience with React and Next.js on the frontend and Java with Spring Boot on the backend.
• Proven track record of high-quality code reviews and a quality-first engineering mindset.
• Strong understanding of Git workflows, SOLID principles, and application security fundamentals (OWASP Top 10, authentication and authorisation).
• Agile/Scrum experience in cross-functional product teams and a product mindset focused on the user.
• Bonus points: Singpass/Corppass or government identity systems, SHIP-HATS/GCC stack, SGDS and WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility, microservices or message queues, open-source contributions, IaC (Terraform, Pulumi) and cloud (AWS, Azure, GCC), mentoring or leading technical initiatives.

Required skills

• React, Next.js, TypeScript, Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL
• JUnit, Mockito, Jest, Playwright, Cypress
• Docker, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, SHIP-HATS, Gitflow

What we offer

• Total rewards package including leave benefits and employee wellness programs.
• Flexible work arrangements (subject to job role).