Senior Software Engineer (Developer Platform)
Singapore, Singapore
Software Engineering – Developer Experience & DevOps Platforms /
Full-time /
On-site
About CSIT
CSIT develops products to advance the national security interests of Singapore. We use our products in a wide range of use-cases, including but not limited to Counter-terrorism and Computer Network Defence.
Software product development is an involved process. Our product teams need to be well supported with an integrated platform and infrastructure that enable them to deliver software quickly and efficiently. We are looking for talented and experienced software engineers that are passionate about developer experience to lead, build, and expand this foundational platform that improves our developers’ productivity.
Role
As a senior software engineer in our dynamic platform team, you will play a key part in the development and maintenance of software toolchain, services, and automation on our cloud infrastructure to aid our engineers in software development. You will be an engineers’ engineer, collaborating closely with product teams to ensure an excellent software development experience.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain features and automation for our developer platform, which includes a range of cloud services and APIs used by our developers to build and deploy exciting applications
- Work with engineers across our entire software development stack to improve software delivery performance
- Collaborate with other platform and infra teams to ensure seamless integration between our developer platform and other services in our private cloud
- Lead deep technical discussion with the team to solve complex problems
- Maintain a high standard of code quality and ensure best practices are followed
- Take an engineer’s approach to operational work, developing software to optimise our platform and eliminating work through automation
Requirements (Minimum Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- At least 5 years of experience in software development using one or more general purpose programming languages (e.g. Python, Java, Go)
- Experience working with containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes
- Familiarity with API design principles, and experience building and maintaining APIs
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to work independently or as part of a team
Nice-to-haves
- At least one year of experience working on developer facing systems, cloud services, infrastructure automation or in a DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) role
- At least one year of experience in a technical leadership role
- Experience in the design and operation of large-scale distributed systems
As CSIT is an agency under the Ministry of Defence (Singapore), only Singapore Citizens will be considered.
