What The Role Is
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) is at the forefront of Singapore's public service transformation, delivering digital services that meaningfully impact the lives of citizens. Within HDB, our Information Services Group drives this mission by building and operating customised IT solutions that give HDB the flexibility and efficiency to serve Singaporeans well.
Our team is growing — and growing with purpose. We are actively expanding our engineering capabilities to deliver some of HDB's most strategically significant digital products, supporting citizens at every stage of their housing journey. If you want your work to matter at scale, this is where you want to be.
We are more than a software team — we are a full-spectrum engineering team. Our capabilities span Frontend Engineering, Backend Engineering, DevOps Engineering, System Architecture, Quality Engineering, Resilience Engineering, and Tech Operations Management. Every engineer on the team benefits from this range of expertise, and we actively develop individuals who are strong across multiple disciplines.
We invest in our people, our practices, and our technology. Joining us means being part of a team that is passionate about engineering, collaborative by design, and building products that genuinely matter to Singaporeans.
What You Will Be Working On
You will join a cross-functional engineering team that owns the end-to-end delivery of high-impact digital products — from solution design through to live operations. We operate on a you-build-it, you-run-it model, and our teams are structured to give every engineer the support and room to grow.
Working alongside fellow engineers, your Engineering Manager, Technical Lead, Product Owner and Product Manager, you will contribute to iterative delivery across the full software lifecycle — including cloud-native architecture, CI/CD pipelines, frontend and backend development, resilience engineering, and test automation. You will also have the opportunity to explore and apply emerging technologies, including GenAI-assisted development workflows, as we continuously evolve how we build and operate software.
What We Are Looking For
Have 3+ years of frontend and/or backend software engineering experience building scalable, enterprise-grade products on commercial cloud, with demonstrated ability across the following:
Proficient in modern frontend and backend web application development, with experience in frameworks such as React, FastAPI, Express.js, Spring, or Django
Experienced in cloud-native and serverless engineering on commercial cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure
Experienced in loosely coupled architecture and application integration patterns such as microservices, with the ability to design and build systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, and resilient
Experienced in event-driven and asynchronous design patterns, with familiarity in messaging and streaming technologies such as Amazon SQS, SNS, and Kinesis
Experienced in working with relational and non-relational data stores such as PostgreSQL and Amazon DynamoDB
Experienced in containerisation and infrastructure-as-code practices, using tools such as Docker, Amazon ECS, and Terraform
Embraces a DevSecOps mindset, with practical experience in CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Git, GitLab, and GitHub
Understands Secure-by-Design principles within Agile delivery, including Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
Practises Test-Driven Development and has experience with automated testing across the stack
Has exposure to application and database performance optimisation
Beyond technical skills, we are looking for someone who thrives working as part of a team and embraces a team-first mentality, communicates clearly about problems and solutions, and is comfortable navigating ambiguity with confidence. We value engineers who take initiative and take pride in the work they deliver, and who bring a growth mindset — curious, open to feedback, and motivated to keep improving.
Successful candidates will be offered a 1+1 year contract in the first instance.
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All applicants will be notified on whether they are shortlisted for the position within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting.