Software Engineer (TypeScript) – GovTech Platform

About the role

Activate Interactive, a technology consultancy in Singapore, is hiring a Software Engineer (TypeScript) for its Co-Development Business Unit. The role is a fixed-term contract of 1 year, working on platforms used by Singapore government agencies. The engineer builds scalable, secure digital platforms and product discovery experiences that help agencies and developers adopt GovTech products.

Key responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, reliable and secure platforms that connect government agencies, developers and AI-powered systems to GovTech products.
• Build and integrate APIs, content management systems, search and knowledge services, and define interfaces, versioning, error handling, testing and documentation.
• Develop reusable components and services that improve developer experience.
• Build product discovery experiences across the Product Portal, Docs Portal and Quality Dashboard, with search, filtering, recommendations and navigation.
• Integrate with product catalogues, subscriptions and onboarding workflows, and work with product managers, designers and stakeholders.
• Ensure high availability and resilience, add observability (monitoring, alerting, SLOs, usage analytics) and implement automated testing and deployment.
• Improve documentation, onboarding and examples, and gather feedback to reduce friction.
• Collaborate with tenant and product teams and partner with platform engineering, product and design.

Required profile

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electronics Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years of professional experience as a software engineer or equivalent.
• Strong ownership, collaboration and growth mindset, able to make data-driven decisions and mentor teammates.
• Ability to grasp business domain concepts and set appropriate technical direction.

Required skills

• Frontend technologies (HTML, CSS and JavaScript/TypeScript) and a web framework such as React, Angular or Vue.
• Node.js/TypeScript is advantageous but other server-side languages are acceptable.
• High-quality, secure software with strong debugging and reasoning skills.

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 work arrangements (flexi-place, flexi-time, flexi-load).