Software Engineer, Data Programme
GovTech
| Company | GovTech |
| Category | Uncategorised |
| Location | Singapore |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Not stated |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (greenhouse) |
Description
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 mission of GovTech's Data Program is to deliver fit-for-purpose data assets and services for policy making, service delivery and operations across Whole-of-Government (WOG). Our programme creates value through enablement - reducing friction for agencies so they can move faster and make better decisions in their work with existing government datasets.
Key Technical Responsibilities: You will contribute to the development of one or more of our four strategic technical initiatives: Standardised Data Platform
Build and maintain unified data platform infrastructure for government agencies
Develop APIs and services that standardise data ingestion, processing, and storage
Create reusable components and templates for agency data platform implementation
Implement data connectors and integration tools for legacy systems
Unified Frontend / DataHive
Develop the central data discovery and access request platform
Build intuitive user interfaces for data catalogue browsing and metadata search
Implement request management workflows and approval systems
Create responsive web applications that serve both data consumers and providers
Unified Serving Backbone
Design and implement standardised data delivery APIs and microservices
Build robust data serving infrastructure that can handle high-volume requests
Develop authentication and authorisation systems for secure data access
Create monitoring and alerting systems for data delivery pipelines
Observability & Governance Infrastructure
Build central observability systems for data quality monitoring and lineage tracking
Develop dashboards and analytics tools for data usage patterns
Implement automated data quality checks and validation frameworks
Create audit trails and compliance reporting systems
As a software engineer, you will:
Build end-to-end data analytics products/platforms with your team
Design system architectures
Write production quality code
Manage deployments to cloud and (occasionally) on-premise infrastructure
Build prototypes to demonstrate technology opportunities
Learn and share knowledge in a multi-disciplinary team
Establish best practices
Share your expertise and mentor other engineers
Help with recruiting.
You are not just here to write code, but also to figure out what we should be building and how we should build it.Your job will be to bring expertise and capability to the public sector. Sometimes this means coding new systems from scratch. Other times this means using the best solutions the community has to offer. We use cloud services, open source software, and commodity hardware as far as possible. Knowing what to build and what to reuse lets us avoid wasting time on solved problems and focus on delivering actual value.
What it is like working here:
We build products that serve a variety of agency users, who use them to solve highly meaningful problems pertinent to our society, from transportation, to education, to heal
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