Senior Software Engineer, Ministry of Education

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!

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[About the Team]

Experimental Systems and Technology Lab (ESTL) of GovTech is an engineering team within the Ministry of Education (MOE). We are made up of engineers, user experience designers and education officers. Our team aims to design and develop software applications that help MOE to transform their systems and services through digitalisation and innovation. You can find out more about us at https://www.estl.edu.sg/

[What you will be working on]

The Ministry of Education (MOE) is modernizing its identity platform. Join us in building the next-generation identity and access platform that powers seamless, secure, and passwordless authentication at national scale. You'll work on complex engineering challenges spanning security, scalability, reliability, and user experience while enabling trusted access to digital systems serving MOE users.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll help shape platform architecture, drive key technical decisions, and build modern authentication solutions including passwordless login, biometric authentication, and adaptive access technologies. Your work will directly influence how students, teachers, and staff experience digital services across the Ministry of Education.

Your responsibilities include:

• Feature Leadership & Delivery: Lead a squad of 2–4 SWEs to design, develop, and maintain IAM/IGA capabilities such as authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management (joiner–mover–leaver), access provisioning, and certification workflows, ensuring secure and scalable implementations.
• Technical Excellence & Standards: Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, and contribute to improving engineering practices within the team. Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior and mid-level engineers within the team.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Work closely with Product Managers and UX Designers to understand requirements and deliver effective solutions with a strong user experience.
• Architecture & System Design: Contribute to architectural decisions and system design discussions, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, and aligned with long-term platform strategy.
• Code Quality: Participate in code reviews and uphold engineering standards within the team. Promote maintainable design, test coverage, and secure coding practices.
• DevOps, Scalability & Reliability: Support CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployment processes for services owned by the team. Contribute to operational stability through monitoring, incident support, and reliability improvements for assigned services.
• Agile Leadership & Delivery Excellence: Actively participate in agile ceremonies including sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives. Contribute to predictable delivery of features and continuous improvement of team execution practices.

[What we are looking for]

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 1-2 years in technical leadership roles.
• Proven ability to deliver large-scale, high-impact systems or platforms.
• Solid foundation in modern programming languages (e.g., Node.js, Go, Python) and frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Vue).
• Experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS/Azure) and microservices.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and CI/CD tools.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to troubleshoot complex system issues and optimize performance.
• Excellent communication skills and a desire to work in a collaborative, cross-functional environment

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.

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