Backend Software Engineer (Information Management Systems)

CSIT develops digital products to advance the national security interests of Singapore. We are looking for talented software engineers with a growth mindset and a passion for creating great products to improve the effectiveness and productivity of the organisation.

About this role

As a backend software engineer in the Information Management Systems team, there will be abundant opportunities to innovate by exploring and implementing solutions to support existing products and/or build new applications/systems. You will work together with the team to deliver business value through enhanced digital solutions.

You will have the autonomy to find the best way to solve problems, such as finding the most suitable technologies to use.

Responsibilities

·       Write high-quality code with unit, functional and end-to-end tests

·       Design, build, and deploy applications and APIs

·       Participate in peer reviews and provide feedback to ensure best-practices (e.g. code styles, git check-ins, testability, and performance)

·       Improve system resiliency by detecting/debugging/tracking/resolving issues

·       Contribute to documentation and/or educational content for knowledge sharing and retention

Requirements

Minimum

·       Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or a related field

·       At least 2 years of hands-on experience in Java programming

·       (Fresh grads – project/internship experience will be considered)

·       Experience in back-end development using frameworks such as SpringBoot

·       Familiarity with microservices architecture & RESTful API design

Preferred

·       Software development experience with Agile SCRUM practises, testing, and production error/metrics monitoring

·       Experience in container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes

·       Familiarity with CI/CD processes

Experience in the following would be advantageous:

·       Search engines (e.g. Elasticsearch, Solr)

·       Messaging systems (e.g. RabbitMQ, Kafka)

·       Databases (e.g. MongoDB)

·       Object stores (e.g. MinIO)

·       Metrics/logging systems (E.g. Elastic Stack, Prometheus/Grafana)

Considerations for senior positions

·       Candidates with at least 3 years of experience in software development with proven track record of the above qualifications

·       Experience in providing technical mentorship to junior software engineers

·       Experience in collaborating across teams to develop and deliver complex systems/products (e.g. communicating and negotiating architectural designs and technical solutions)

As CSIT is an agency under the Ministry of Defence (Singapore), only Singapore Citizens will be considered.

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