Software Engineer(Front End)

Tech Aalto Pte Ltd

Singapore

Job Description

The key skill set will be: NextJS, Node.js, TypeScript, React, VueJS. Where had mentioned in the JD.

But if candidate get familiarity or experience with Optical/Directus platform/framework, that will be a huge bonus.

Roles and Responsibilities

Software Engineer, CIP Platform (Content, Insights & Policy)

The Software Engineer will be a part of a multi-disciplinary team comprising of developers, designers and product owners to create products and services to solve problems that help to create meaningful impact for the people our applications serve, one line of code at a time.

Our Development teams work closely with a range of government agencies to build high-quality, citizen-centric products; continually prototype and iterate, in order to build the right products and deliver the best experience for citizens.

What the Software Engineer will be working on:

The Software Engineer must be cross-functional and particularly skilled in Infrastructure as Code, Continuous Deployment and Deployment Testing. This individual should also be able to work in Typescript. We use the following frameworks: NextJS, VueJS.

The ideal candidate is also fluent in GitLab Pipelines, Terraform, AWS and Azure - and ready to support ad-hoc deployment and production incidents as we scale across multiple tenants and products. The individual should be comfortable working with frontend libraries and creating React and web components, and any experience with Rust would be considered a valuable asset.

Given the scale and lifespan of government products, we prioritize clean code and maintainable systems, bringing modern engineering practices such as CI / CD, TDD, DevOps, and XP into the work we do. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Design scalable architectures;

Write code that is clean and maintainable;

Practice pair programming or code reviews (depending on team);

Write tests. Many teams practice Test Driven Development (TDD), and all teams have unit tests and integration tests;

Work with a range of technologies. We choose languages and frameworks that best fit the product we’re building. Technologies we use include NextJS, Node.js, TypeScript, React, React Native;

Tackle a wide variety of challenges across the technical stack;

Participate in regular tech-sharing sessions and team retrospectives;

Be pro-active; and

Collaborate closely with the other members of the cross-functional team:

Work with designers to understand customer pain points, come up with solutions, and then continually prototype, test, and iterate

Work with DevOps practitioners to manage Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI / CD) pipelines, to ensure fast feedback loops and seamless deployments

Work with Product Owners and Business Analysts to craft user stories by providing technical analysis

Work with the Scrum Master to build a positive team culture.

What we are looking for:

Strong understanding of programming fundamentals;

Good analytical and problem-solving skills;

Keen sense of learning & self-discovery;

Team players with good communication skills;

Have the desire to serve the public through the use of technology;

A healthy discontent with the status quo, and an itch to improve things; and

The following are added advantages: Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related disciplines

Experience in modern web application technology stacks

Familiarity with software engineering best practices

Experience in automated testing, and database management.