Software Engineer, GovTech Innovation Office

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.

GovTech Innovation Office

GIO is a multidisciplinary team driving the strategic orchestration of innovation activities across GovTech. Our work bridges strategic experimentation, incubation, portfolio management & ‘AI-pilled’ grassroots transformation.

Our mission is not only to drive more innovation impact across GovTech, but also to innovate on how teams work together in an AI world. There will be exciting opportunities to support incubator projects that solve public service challenges.

About LaunchPad

LaunchPad is GovTech’s whole-of-government innovation platform where public officers submit ideas, form teams, and bring initiatives from ideation through to incubation. It serves 80+ agencies and powers AI features like idea matching and innovation triage. LP 2.0 evolves the platform with a headless CMS, multi-agent AI, and scalable cloud deployment — with engineers owning meaningful parts of the system.

[What you will be working on]

Innovation Platform & Engineering (LaunchPad2.0)

Design and build LaunchPad2.0 as a flagship full-stack platform powering innovation across WOG

Own meaningful parts of the system — from data models and APIs to user-facing experiences and releases

Help reimagine the platform through a modern architecture ( Directus CMS, AWS  / Northflank, scalable cloud services )

Develop intelligent features powered by AI — from search and recommendations to automated workflows

Influence high-impact technical decisions — balancing speed, scalability, and security in a production environment

Set the bar for engineering excellence with strong foundations in quality, reliability, and developer experience

Engineering Innovation

Turn bold ideas into reality — rapidly prototyping with AI (LLMs, multi-agent systems) and bringing the best ones into production

Work on projects emerging from hackathons, incubators, and pilot teams — shaping solutions that real agencies will use

Partner closely with product leaders and agencies to solve real public-sector challenges with technology

Experiment, learn, and iterate quickly — using sandbox environments and real user feedback to refine impactful solutions

Thrive in a role that blends deep engineering with innovation , where your work directly shapes how government builds and scales ideas

Quality & Team

Ensure quality through testing, monitoring, and reliable releases

Contribute to developer tooling, code reviews, and team practices

[What we are looking for]

Required

Experience with TypeScript/React (Next.js), Python (FastAPI) and developing solutions using AI such as Claude Code

Comfortable with databases (e.g. MongoDB) and full-stack feature delivery

Experience building with LLMs , including evaluating and improving outputs

Able to document designs and communicate with technical & non-technical stakeholders

Good to Have

Experience with headless CMS, GovTech platforms, or agentic systems

Experience in agile roles, innersourcing, or open-source projects

What We Offer

Build solutions that impact public officers at scale

Hands-on exposure to AI, platform engineering, and innovation systems

Opportunity to shape how innovation happens across government

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.

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