Staff Software Engineer, RSAF

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] We're looking for a Tech Lead to own the architecture and engineering of RAiD's cyber defence and AI platforms supporting the RSAF — building production-grade capability for automated vulnerability management, and security compliance monitoring and remediation across RAiD's digital products and systems, using AI and agentic workflows across cloud and on-premise environments. This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You'll own key engineering decisions, lead and mentor engineers, and work with internal stakeholders and external SME partners to deliver solutions that are secure, scalable, and reliable. Job Description Platform architecture & delivery Own the architecture and end-to-end engineering delivery of a scalable, secure, production-grade unified cyber defence platform. AI & agentic engineering Design and build AI and agentic capabilities for vulnerability detection, compliance assessment, continuous monitoring, security testing, and automated remediation, including deploying and operating LLM-based systems across cloud and restricted environments. Technical leadership & practice Lead technical design and experimentation, making sound architecture and engineering trade-offs across security, scalability, reliability, maintainability, performance, and cost. Act as the technical lead — providing engineering direction, reviewing architecture and code, mentoring engineers, and driving strong practices across testing, CI/CD, DevSecOps, observability, and production operations. Stakeholder partnership Partner with Product Managers, cyber security teams, infrastructure teams, and other stakeholders to translate operational needs into effective technical solutions. Vendor & partner oversight Provide technical oversight of external SME partners and vendors, ensuring sound architecture, engineering quality, integration, risk management, and knowledge transfer. [What we are looking for] 6+ years of software engineering experience, with experience owning and delivering production systems. Strong full-stack engineering experience across modern web technologies; current stack includes…