Software Engineer, TradeNet Rebuild

About the role

GovTech is recruiting a Software Engineer to join the TradeNet Rebuild team. TradeNet is Singapore's National Single Window for trade permit processing, handling over 9 million permit applications annually across import, export and transshipment. The project is bringing the system in-house to strengthen technology ownership and long-term sustainability, with a focus on simple, durable technology choices and engineers owning the code from design through to production.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and support the software products underpinning the TradeNet Rebuild.
• Turn complex problems from an ambiguous brief into production-ready software, including testing, deployment, monitoring and incident response.
• Advocate for technical proposals using data and sound judgement, while remaining open to feedback.
• Identify bottlenecks and improvements to systems, tooling and ways of working and drive them through to completion.
• Work with cross-functional teams and non-technical stakeholders to turn complex trade requirements into resilient, performant systems.

Required profile

• Degree or diploma in Computer Science or a related field.
• Around 3-4+ years of software engineering experience, ideally on complex, large-scale systems or projects.
• Self-starter who owns code from initial design through to production support.
• Commitment to continuous learning and a collaborative, transparent culture.

Required skills

• Solid engineering fundamentals across the full lifecycle, including testing, CI/CD, observability and security.
• Experience deploying and operating applications on cloud platforms, with familiarity in containerisation and orchestration.
• Either full-stack with Kotlin and ReactJS, or backend specialist with deep Kotlin experience and relational databases such as PostgreSQL.

What we offer

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