Staff Software Engineer - Cyber Systems

Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies

Singapore, Singapore on site Until 8/22/2026 First posted April 29, 2025 Last posted April 29, 2025

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our team in developing innovative software solutions that enable the organisation to effectively manage information and workflows. For this role, you will be working with highly motivated and talented peers consisting of Software engineers, DevOps engineers and UI/UX designers. As a Staff Software Engineer, you are responsible for overseeing and mentoring teams of technical personnel to develop and deploy secure and high-quality software product through adoption of good industrial practices. You will work closely with management team to deliver the right software products to realise business strategies and needs. We are looking for passionate and talented people in building right solutions and cultivating good software engineering practices within the team.

Responsibilities

Work with stakeholders to understand business requirements and design technically sound software products that meet the business goals.
Lead the design, development and operation of software products in organisation units.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the software teams and other stakeholders to help them make the best possible technical decisions.
Ensure the results and quality of the different software solutions and projects implemented in the organisation.
Collaborate closely with other software product teams to integrate systems across business function seamlessly.
Be a technical mentor to help junior engineers grow in their engineering career.

Requirements (Minimum Qualifications)

Background in Engineering or Computer Science, with at least 6 years of relevant experience.
Strong knowledge of software architecture (e.g. Micro-services, Event-drive, Cloud-native architecture) and design patterns (e.g. RESTful API, MVC, MVVM design).
Well-versed and proficient in software design and implementation using modern tools (e.g. SonarQube, Kubernetes, GitLab) and frameworks (e.g. MERN, Spring Boot, React Native) to develop high quality software efficiently.
Strong understanding of software security best practices to actively identify and mitigate potential security risks and vulnerabilities in software systems.
Experience with Agile development methodologies, including Scrum or Kanban.
Strong communicator that can explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical colleagues.
At least 3 years of experience in technical leadership role leading software teams and setting technical direction.

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

About this role

Summary

Lead software development, mentor teams, design secure, scalable software solutions.

Job title

Staff Software Engineer - Cyber Systems

Experience level

6+ years

Industry

software

Location requirements

Singapore, Singapore; remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

software architectureRESTful APIsecurityKubernetesGitLab

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

software architecturesecuritymicroservicescloud-nativeDevOps

Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Singapore

On-site City