Software Engineer (Fixed-Term, 1 Year)

About the role

Activate Interactive, a technology consultancy in Singapore, is hiring a Software Engineer for its Co-Development Business Unit. The role is fixed term for 1 year and involves developing and supporting software products for Singapore government agencies. The team uses simple, reliable technologies such as Go, PostgreSQL, containers and minimal JavaScript, and engineers own every decision.

Key responsibilities

• Take problems from ambiguous briefs through to production, including testing, deployment, monitoring and incident response.
• Design, build and support software products that underpin government work.
• Take part in design discussions and code reviews, and advocate technical positions clearly.
• Identify improvements to systems, tooling and ways of working and drive them through.

Required profile

• Strong engineering taste and sound judgement, valued more than years of experience with a particular stack.
• Comfort with Go, PostgreSQL and container-based deployment, or a genuine appetite for them.
• Ability to discuss and defend technical solutions while remaining open to being persuaded.
• Problem-solving orientation focused on root causes, high initiative and effective collaboration with engineers and non-technical stakeholders.

Required skills

• Fundamentals: automated testing, version control, CI/CD, observability and secure-by-design thinking.
• Go, PostgreSQL and container-based deployment.

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, with a competency framework.
• Flexible work arrangements (place, time and load).