Software Engineer, NPHC

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!  
 
Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg. 

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team. This is a hands-on backend engineering role where you will contribute to building and maintaining components within NPHC under the guidance of senior engineers.
You will work closely with your team to deliver clearly scoped tasks, develop your foundational engineering skills, and grow your understanding of backend systems and team workflows.
The ideal candidate is eager to learn, receptive to feedback, and motivated to build strong software engineering fundamentals while contributing meaningfully to the team's goals.

[What you will be working on] 

Technical Delivery & Execution

• Implement small, well-defined backend tasks — such as contributing to APIs, services, or rule vocabulary extensions — with clarity and care.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code that meets scoped requirements, following team standards and code review processes.
• Ask for guidance when matching solution complexity to task scope, and escalate blockers early.
• Begin contributing to single-component features, with mentorship for cross-component dependencies.

Learning DevOps, Security, and Observability

• Gain exposure to the team's build and deployment pipelines, and participate in common testing practices.
• Begin learning logging and basic observability concepts, with early exposure to how the team monitors systems.
• Build familiarity with secure coding principles and the organisation's security guidelines.
• Start exploring cloud service usage (e.g. AWS) with mentorship.

Incident Awareness & Basic Troubleshooting

• Join post-incident discussions to understand causes, fixes, and how to prevent recurrence.
• Learn basic troubleshooting steps for minor production issues, and escalate larger issues promptly.
• Build familiarity with how the team monitors systems and responds to production problems, including during ROTA shifts with support.

Team Contribution & Collaboration

• Proactively seek clarity on assigned tasks and complete them accurately and on time.
• Actively seek and incorporate feedback from code reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Participate in team information-sharing activities and offer help to colleagues where you can.
• Document your work clearly to support teammates and stakeholders.

[What we are looking for] 

• 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 quo and not wait for instruction. 
• Want to work for the public good - We are public servants; we serve the public. This sometimes means ignoring political pressures and misguided policies. We need people who will push back if something is not in public interest. 

Overall, we look for people who have ability, initiative, good communication, and strong values. 

What we offer you:   

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

Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks. These include leave benefits to meet your work-life needs and employee wellness programs.  

We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust that you will manage your own time to deliver your best, wherever you are, and whatever works best for you.   

 

Learn more about life inside GovTech at go.gov.sg/GovTechCareers. 
Stay connected with us on social media at go.gov.sg/ConnectWithGovTech