# Software Engineer, TradeNet

**Company**: GovTech
**Location**: Singapore
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

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.

You will be working on TradeNet, Singapore's National Single Window for trade permit processing, which processes over 9 million permit applications annually across import, export, and transshipment.

Responsibilities:

- Design, build, and support software products underpinning the TradeNet Rebuild

- Take complex problems from an ambiguous brief through to a production-ready state, including testing, deployment, monitoring, and incident response

- Advocate for technical proposals using data and sound judgment, while remaining receptive to feedback and diverse perspectives

- Identify bottlenecks and improvements to systems, tooling, and ways of working and drive those changes through to completion

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and non-technical stakeholders to translate complex trade requirements into resilient, performant systems

Requirements:

- Relevant degree or diploma in Computer Science or a related field

- Around 3-4+ years of experience in software engineering, ideally with experience working on complex, large-scale systems or projects

- Solid engineering fundamentals across the full development 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 specialist with Kotlin and ReactJS experience, or backend specialist with deep experience in Kotlin and relational databases (such as PostgreSQL)

- Proactive ownership: A self-starter who takes accountability for code from initial design through to production support

- Collaborative growth mindset: Dedicated to continuous learning and fostering a transparent culture through knowledge exchange

- Technical courage: Ability to challenge assumptions respectfully with reasoned and practical technical proposals

Benefits:

- GovTech is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values diverse voices and perspectives

- Employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks, including leave benefits and employee wellness programs

- Flexible work arrangements (subject to job role)

## Skills

### Required
- Computer Science
- software engineering
- testing
- CI/CD
- observability
- security
- cloud platforms
- containerisation
- orchestration
- Kotlin
- ReactJS
- relational databases
- PostgreSQL

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