Software Engineering Intern

**Who we are**:
Projects we have worked on include:
**Covid-19 Vaccination National Appointment System** - A suite of systems built to enable Singapore's national vaccination campaign for Covid-19. This includes informational sites, appointment booking systems, and records management systems.

**Data.gov.sg****:

- An open repository of all the Singapore Government's public data. It helps people understand the data using visualizations and articles, and provides real-time APIs for developers to use.

**Parking.sg****:

- A mobile app alternative to parking coupons. It lets users pay, extend, and refund their parking sessions just using their phones.

**FormSG** - A form builder tool for agencies to self-service and create online forms that capture classified data, with the goal of replacing paper forms.

**Isomer****:

- Isomer provides government agencies with an easy-to-deploy static website building and hosting service to create usable, secure and faster informational websites quickly.

**RedeemSG** - RedeemSG helps the Singapore Government to create, send and track redemptions of digital vouchers easily.

**PaySG** - PaySG was developed to enable digital payments for government services, and was initially used for payments for COVID-19 swab tests and Stay-Home Notices for incoming travellers to Singapore.

**What does a Software Engineer Intern do?**:
As a software engineer intern, you will work with engineers to:

- Build prototypes to demonstrate technological opportunities
- Design system architectures
- Write production quality code
- Manage deployments to cloud infrastructure
- Because our team focuses on pushing new initiatives, you will also have to:

- Identify potential projects that improve the public good
- Design novel systems that work around bureaucratic constraints
- Advocate and explain these technical ideas to other government agencies

You’re not just here to write code, but also to figure out what we should be building and how we should build it.

Your job will be to bring expertise and capability to the public sector. Sometimes this means coding new systems from scratch. Other times this means using the best solutions the development community has to offer. We use cloud services, open source software, and commodity hardware as far as possible. These often include, but are not limited to: GitHub, AWS, React Native, MongoDB, and Stripe amongst others. Knowing what to build and what to reuse lets us avoid wasting time on solved problems and focus on delivering actual value.

You will work on meaningful projects that solve problems pertinent to our society, from transportation, to education, to healthcare. The public sector is full of opportunities where even the simplest software can have a big impact on people’s lives. You will have direct ownership of your work with over 70% of our projects starting as ground up initiatives. Rather than work on commercial ventures commonly found in the startup scene, we’re here to improve how we live as a society through what we can offer as a government.

Your specific responsibilities will vary, as they are dependent which product you will be working on.

**What it is like working here**:
**Rapid Prototyping** - Instead of spending too much time debating ideas we prefer testing them. This identifies potential problems quickly, and more importantly, conveys what is possible to others easily.

**Ownership** - In addition to technical responsibilities, this means having opinions on what is being done and having ideas on what should be done next. Building something that you believe in is the best way to build something good.

**Continuous Learning** - Working on new ideas often means not fully understanding what you are working on. Taking time to learn new architectures, frameworks, technologies, and even languages is not just encouraged but essential.

**Application and Internship period**:
Based on your interests and aptitude, we will do our best to match interns to product teams and intern managers who would best be able to guide you and help you achieve your internship learning goals.

**Who we are looking for**:
We work mostly in JavaScript. However, we don’t require experience in any specific programming language or technology. Core competency in at least one language and the ability to learn is what matters to us.

We look for people who:

- Have a demonstrated ability to build software - Prior work and personal projects count for much more than specific degrees.
- Write code to solve abstract programming problems - Clear thinking, the ability to debug, and understanding the limits of an approach matter much more than getting the “correct” answer.
- Talk and reason about code with other engineers - We work as a team so you need to be able to not just solve problems, but have other people understand your solutions.
- Take initiative to make things happen - Our job is to push for change in government, so we need to challenge the status