Software Engineer (Big Data Processing)

About the role

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. We are looking for talented software engineers to lead and build mission-critical products that identify, analyse and investigate threats.

Role As a software engineer in a multi-disciplinary team that is responsible for mission-critical data analytics systems, you will contribute to the development of critical solutions related to national security. You create impact by designing, building, testing and deploying data-intensive web-based search applications that are scalable, extensible and maintainable. Join us to seize the opportunity to use cutting-edge technologies to protect the nation.

Responsibilities - Design and develop internal flagship big data analytics systems, applications and APIs that allow engineers and analysts to retrieve, triage and analyse information more efficiently

- Work with product managers, engineering managers and key stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions that meet our business needs

- Manage enterprise system performance, reliability and sustainability through software quality control and optimisation of software products and technologies

- Explore emerging technologies and deliver proof-of-concepts to the team and senior management

- Work with the team or independently on the following: (1) Architect solutions that can scale efficiently (2) Write clean and maintainable code (3) Write unit, functional and end-to-end tests (4) Safely roll out mission-critical products that impact hundreds of analysts (5) Identify system issues to provide timely resolution and recovery| (6) Perform system health monitoring and support patches, assist in capacity planning and performance tuning

Requirements - A degree or professional qualification in computer science or equivalent

- Candidates with 3+ years of software engineering experience in the entire web application stack will be considered for senior position

- Strong foundation and knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming and Functional Programming paradigms

- Familiarity with the following technologies: Spring Boot, React, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Oracle / PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka / Rabbit MQ

- Able to communicate technical details effectively and clearly

- Good interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skills to get things done in a dynamic environment

Why join us? - The work is purposeful and meaningful

- You will get to work with talented and driven people

- We work with modern technologies and tech stacks

- We have excellent engineering culture and work-life balance

- We aspire for engineering and operational excellence

- We empower to innovate

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