Software Engineer - HealthCare Tech

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.

[About HealthCare-Tech]

Healthcare-Tech is a division within GovTech, forward-deployed to and collaborating closely with the Ministry of Health (MoH) family (including other agencies and statutory boards), operating like a modern product organisation to solve important and currently underserved problems spanning across Singapore's public Healthcare sector.

We are seeking talented and motivated Software Engineers to join our development teams working on the above sectors. You will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining our software products, ensuring they meet the highest standards of quality and performance. Be part of a cross-functional development team that values quality, automation, and user experience of the software we deliver.

Join engineers who build systems that matter for the public good!

Here are some of the products that we have built recently:

Organ Donation Registry

Vaping Information System (VIS)

National Platform for Healthcare Claims

[What you will be working on]

As a Software Engineer:

Work closely with the cross-functional agile team consisting of Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers to solicit business requirements & deliver technical solutions

Collaborate with government agencies to deliver high-quality software systems

Contribute to adoption of relevant, up-to-date technologies, practices, and tools in modern software development lifecycle

Contribute to code reviews by offering feedback that enhances the overall quality of the codebase

Participate in Scrum ceremonies, such as Sprint Planning, Review, and Retrospective

Participate in regular tech-sharing and solutioning sessions

[What we are looking for]

Technical Skills

Experience working on reasonably large, high-availability software systems that have operated at scale

Experience in modern full-stack web application technologies; experience in modern front-end engineering on Next.Js/React.js/Nuxt/Vue.js and Java/TypeScript/Node.js/Golang on the backend is preferred

Experience working with SQL & NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS (preferred), Azure and/or GCP

Exposure to CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.)

Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes or other container orchestration tools

Proficient in writing comprehensive unit and integration tests

Experience with observability and monitoring tools, especially the ELK stack, AWS CloudWatch, Splunk

What We Value

Passion towards working for the public good

Passion towards engineering excellence

Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work autonomously

Ownership: You take responsibility for your code - from design to production support

Initiative: Proactively identify issues and opportunities to improve the system & the team

Collaboration: Share knowledge and contribute to a healthy, transparent team culture

Continuous learning: Stay current with technologies and best practices

Please note that this will be a 2-year fixed term contract.

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.

Learn more about life inside GovTech at go.gov.sg/GovTechCareers