Software Engineer (Golang) – Government Digital Services

About the role

Activate Interactive, a technology consultancy in Singapore, is hiring a Software Engineer (Golang) for its Co-Development Business Unit. You will work on projects for Singapore Government Agencies, supporting government digital services and citizen-facing platforms. This is a fixed-term contract of 1 year.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and deploy software applications and systems that support government digital services and citizen-facing platforms.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in existing applications and infrastructure.
• Take part in code reviews to maintain high standards of code quality, security and performance.
• Partner with UX designers to develop product designs that meet user needs and government service requirements.

Required profile

• Minimum 3 years of experience (or equivalent level of skill) with modern web applications using JavaScript.
• Frontend development with React.js.
• Backend development using Golang (Go) is a must.

Required skills

• Modern web applications in JavaScript (highly advantageous).
• Automated testing with JavaScript frameworks such as Karma, Mocha, Chai and Sinon (highly advantageous).
• Database management, both relational and non-relational, across different environments (highly advantageous).
• Nice to have: Docker, CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployment (AWS, PasSes or private servers), Agile software development lifecycle and Scrum.

What we offer

• Competitive market salary and a variable performance bonus.
• Medical coverage, life and health insurance, and flexible benefits or flexi 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).