Software Engineer - Parents Gateway (Senior/Staff)

About the role

GovTech's Experimental Systems and Technology Lab (ESTL) is an engineering team within the Ministry of Education that builds software products helping schools and parents connect digitally. Parents Gateway (PG) is the key platform for these interactions, and the team is now rebuilding it from the ground up. As a Senior/Staff Software Engineer you will shape its architecture, engineering foundations and technical practices, building a platform that operates at national scale.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, test and maintain features across the mobile app, web platform and backend services of the new Parents Gateway.
• Turn product and design requirements into working software, from breaking down work to testing, release and follow-up.
• Contribute to technical designs, raise trade-offs early and learn from discussions with senior engineers.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code and take part in code reviews.
• Help monitor, troubleshoot and fix production issues and make the platform more reliable.
• Improve team tools, CI/CD pipelines, documentation and engineering practices.
• Work with Product Managers, UX Designers, Education Officers and fellow engineers.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Professional software engineering experience, or substantial internship or project experience building real-world applications.
• Good understanding of software engineering fundamentals: data structures, software design, version control and automated testing.
• Awareness of secure coding practices and of building reliable, maintainable software.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly, break down problems and communicate well in a cross-functional team.

Required skills

• Proficiency in at least one modern language such as TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Go or Java.
• Experience building mobile apps, web applications or backend services and APIs.
• Nice to have: React Native, React or Node.js; cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP; Docker, Terraform or CI/CD pipelines.

What we offer

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