Collaboration Platform Engineer

Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies

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Singapore, Singapore on site Until 8/21/2026 First posted September 2, 2025 Last posted September 2, 2025
Job description
Join our mission to transform workplace collaboration through innovative technology. As a Collaboration Platform Engineer, you will be a key member of our team, designing and building cutting-edge systems that enable thousands of employees to connect, communicate, and collaborate seamlessly.
 
In this role, you will be at the forefront of collaboration technology, driving advancements in digital collaboration systems, content sharing and real-time communication, while ensuring seamless user experiences and platform reliability.
 
If you're passionate about harnessing technology to transform the way employees work together, we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

  • Engineer scalable and secure collaboration platforms (chat, conferencing, file share, workflow automation) to ensure high performance, reliability and usability.
  • Apply DevOps practices (e.g. CI/CD) to automate deployments and workflows, improving efficiency, product quality and on-boarding speed.
  • Build analytics pipelines and observability dashboards to monitor the platform health, applying SRE principles to improve uptime and responsiveness.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to enhance the collaboration experience, drive feature enhancements, and explore emerging technologies like AI and automation.

Requirements (Minimum Qualifications)

  • Background in Computer Science or Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
  • Experience with programming languages (Python, Powershell, or similar) and familiarity with applying DevOps/SRE practices.
  • Exposure to collaboration platforms and tools (e.g. MS Teams, Slack, Zoom).
  • Strong problem-solving skills and curiosity to explore new tools.
  • Good communication skills and ability to work in a team environment.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes.
  • Knowledge or exposure to automation and observability platforms and tools (e.g. Grafana, Prometheus, Terraform).
  • Internship or project experience with collaboration or conferencing platforms
  • Participation in hackathons, open-source projects, or personal automation projects.

What you will gain

  • First-hand experience in building enterprise-grade collaboration systems.
  • Mentorship, structured training and conferences, and career development support.
  • Clear paths into roles like Senior Platform Engineer, Collaboration Architect, or SRE Lead.
  • Ownership of collaboration domains (e.g. bots, workflows, integrations).
  • Exposure to related domains (cybersecurity, UX, infrastructure) for holistic growth.
As CSIT is an agency under the Ministry of Defence (Singapore), only Singapore Citizens will be considered. 
About this role

Summary

Design, build, and optimize scalable, secure collaboration platforms and automation practices

Job title

Collaboration Platform Engineer

Experience level

background in computer science or engineering

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Singapore, remote work not specified; likely onsite

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

PythonDevOpsSRE practicesMS TeamsSlackZoom

Preferred skills

DockerKubernetesGrafanaPrometheusTerraform

Specializations

collaboration platformsDevOpsSREcloud technologiesautomation
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Singapore

On-site City