Full Stack Software Engineer, Data Program

[What the role is]

GovTech is the lead agency driving Singapore's Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT & SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government's capabilities in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity.

At GovTech, we offer you a purposeful career to make lives better where we empower our people to master their craft through robust learning and development opportunities all year round.

Play a part in Singapore's vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Join us to advance our mission and shape your future with us today

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[What you will be working on]

At GovTech's Data Program, we drive effective and safe data sharing within and beyond Government, enabling agencies to deliver the best possible services to citizens while upholding the highest standards of data privacy and security. We believe that trust is the foundation of digital government, and protecting citizen data is at the heart of everything we do.

Our flagship privacy products – Cloak for Anonymisation and for Synthetic Data Generation – are whole-of-government platforms that apply cutting-edge privacy technologies before data is shared.

Cloak is used by over 120 agencies and has anonymised more than 70 million documents to date. It supports both tabular and free-text anonymisation, powered by LLMs that enable few-shot prompting for custom entity recognition and accuracy improvements. Cloak is optimised for Singaporean entities, for example local names and addresses. 

Mirage generates synthetic datasets that preserve the statistical properties of real data while protecting individual privacy. It combines deep learning models with statistical approaches, working at the frontier of privacy-preserving AI.

As a software engineer with us, you will be at the intersection of privacy and AI research and real-world impact.  Join us to drive safer and more effective data sharing

Role:

• Design and Develop: Build responsive and user-friendly interfaces with , and integrate backend services and RESTful APIs using FastAPI

• Deploy and Scale: Containerize applications with Docker and deploy via AWS Lambda and the Serverless Framework, managing infrastructure with Terraform for scalability, security, and cost efficiency.

• Automate and Assure Quality: Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, enabling automated builds, testing, and deployments; participate in code reviews, refactoring, and performance tuning to ensure high reliability.

• Advance Privacy Tech: Collaborate with Data Engineers and Data Scientists to benchmark, evaluate, and implement LLM- and deep learning–based solutions. Translate research findings into product features, ensuring users can easily generate or anonymise data to high accuracy. 

• Shape Architecture: Contribute to system design and architectural decisions that keep products maintainable, scalable, and secure.

• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work with product managers, engineers, and privacy researchers to deliver features that meet both functional and security requirements.

• Innovate and Evolve: Stay at the forefront of emerging AI and privacy technologies, bringing research into production at whole-of-government scale, and propose improvements to boost performance, security, and developer workflows.

[What we are looking for]

• Degree or Diploma in computing, design or a relevant field of study 

• Minimum 3 years' experience in software engineering or related role  

• Hands-on experience in frontend development using or any other web libraries or frameworks (React, Angular, Vue and etc) 

• Experience in backend with REST APIs with Python or any other backend frameworks/language 

• Proficiency in cloud environments (AWS preferred; GCP or Azure acceptable)

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tooling would be an advantage 

• Strong understanding of Docker and containerized deployments

• Familiarity with Git version control and testing 

• Understanding of DevOps, Git and CI/CD would be an advantage

• Interest in web app development with UI/UX design, and API development

• Experience in data science, AI, data privacy or data security is a bonus

• Curiosity, willingness to learn, and inclination to work in a collaborative environment 

What this role can offer: 

• Gain experience working with a multi-disciplinary team (ranging across product management, software engineering, data engineering, privacy engineering, and data science).  

• Exposure to full-stack web application development, covering frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure.

• Gain experience in UX design to deliver an intuitive and user-friendly product.  

• Ownership of system design and implementation, making impactful technical decisions focused on scalability and maintainability.

• Hands-on practice in refactoring, testing, and improving code quality, including unit tests and test automation.

• Chance to develop expertise in cloud-native architectures, serverless design, and DevOps practices.

• Execute projects in a fast-moving team with an Agile mindset  

GovTech is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values diverse voices and perspectives, as we believe it is key to innovation. 

Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks.

We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust you to manage your time to deliver your best.

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