Software Engineer, Data Programme

About the role

GovTech is seeking a Software Engineer to join its Data Programme, which builds fit‑for‑purpose data assets and services for Singapore’s Whole‑of‑Government. You will work on a team that creates unified data platforms, discovery portals, and delivery back‑ends that enable agencies to make faster, data‑driven decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement unified data platform infrastructure for government agencies.
• Develop APIs, micro‑services and data connectors for ingestion, processing, storage and legacy system integration.
• Build intuitive front‑end applications for data catalogue browsing, request management and metadata search.
• Create robust data‑serving back‑ends, authentication/authorisation mechanisms and high‑volume delivery pipelines.
• Implement observability, data‑quality monitoring, lineage tracking and automated validation frameworks.
• Write production‑quality code, manage cloud (and occasional on‑premise) deployments, and prototype new technology opportunities.

Required profile

• Experience building end‑to‑end data analytics products or platforms.
• Ability to design system architectures and write production‑grade code.
• Familiarity with cloud deployment processes and on‑premise infrastructure.
• Willingness to share knowledge, mentor peers and contribute to best‑practice standards.

Required skills

• API development (RESTful services)
• Microservices architecture
• Cloud deployment (public cloud platforms)
• Data platform infrastructure
• Authentication and authorisation systems
• Monitoring and alerting solutions