Software Engineer, GovTech Anti Scam Products (GASP)

[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!

Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg.

[What you will be working on]

The GovTech Anti Scam Products Team’s mission is to build tech solutions to detect, disrupt and deter scammers at scale. The work spans data infrastructure, developing and deploying AI & ML to scale proactive detection, API connections to partners, as well as front-end systems for enforcement agencies.

What it is like working here:

Your job will be to bring your experience, technical expertise, and capability in solving abstract problems to tackling scams using tech.

Sometimes this means coding new systems from scratch. Other times this means using the best solutions the development community has to offer. We use cloud services, open source software, and commodity hardware as much as possible. These often include, but are not limited to: GitHub, AWS, React Native, and MongoDB, amongst others. Knowing what to build and what to reuse lets us avoid wasting time on solved problems and focus on delivering actual value.

As software engineer, you will

Build prototypes to demonstrate technological opportunities

Design system architectures

Write production quality code

Manage deployments to cloud infrastructure

Maintain systems to a high level of reliability

More senior software engineers will also be expected to:

Establish best practices for developer operations

Provide technical leadership across multiple product teams

Share your expertise and mentor other engineers

Help with recruiting

[What we are looking for]

Must have

Python, JavaScript and/or TypeScript

Experience working with CI/CD setups

Strong knowledge of AWS Cloud

Strong knowledge of algorithms and database structures

Preferred

Experience in running containers or serverless services

Experience building high scale, low latency APIs & deploying scaled AI / ML solutions

Experience with data intensive frameworks & data warehousing solutions (e.g. Glue,Spark, Presto), bonus if you’re familiar with graph data structures

Understanding of event driven architectures involving SQS/ Kafka, bonus if you’re familiar with Flink!

We're here to improve how we live as a society through what we can offer as a government. Because our team focuses on pushing new initiatives, you will also have to:

Identify potential projects that improve the public good

Design novel systems that work around bureaucratic constraints

Advocate and explain these technical ideas to other government agencies

You're not just here to write code, but also to figure out what we should be building and how we should build it. You will work on meaningful projects to reduce scams and make a big impact on people’s lives.

What It Is Like Working Here:

Rapid Prototyping - Instead of spending too much time debating ideas we prefer testing them. This identifies potential problems quickly, and more importantly, conveys what is possible to others easily.

Ownership - In addition to technical responsibilities, this means having opinions on what is being done and having ideas on what should be done next. Building something that you believe in is the best way to build something good.

Continuous Learning - Working on new ideas often means not fully understanding what you are working on. Taking time to learn new architectures, frameworks, technologies, and even languages is not just encouraged but essential.

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.

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