Software Engineer (Real-time Collaborative Platform – Full Stack)

Software Engineer (Real-time Collaborative Platform – Full Stack)

Singapore, SingaporeSoftware Engineering – Software Development /Full-time /On-siteapply for this jobAs a Software Engineer, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary product development team that develops and implements a scalable, real-time collaborative digital platform for creating and editing rich, interactive content. This platform is highly critical for enabling analysts to co-author data-driven reports and interactive visualisations. Your work will directly support Singapore’s national security leaders in translating complex analysis into informed strategic decisions.

Responsibilities

- Implement and enhance real-time collaboration features, including multi-user editing, conflict resolution, and state synchronization across distributed systems

- Engineer interactive content experiences by developing interactive data storytelling capabilities, enabling users to create and embed dynamic charts, maps, visualizations, and data-driven content within reports

- Develop scalable microservices and APIs, ensuring performance, reliability, and consistency under high-concurrency workloads

- Participate in technical design discussions, proposing ideas and learning best practices in system architecture and implementation

- Collaborate with product, design, and end-users to bridge the gap between complex data analysis and intuitive user experiences

- Explore and prototype AI-driven features such as AI-assisted copyedit/proofreading, metadata tagging, cross-report reference validation and agent-based workflow to enhance content reliability and efficiency

Requirements (Minimum Qualifications)

- At least 2 years of software engineering experience, with a background in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent

- Experience with full stack web technologies such as ReactJS, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and MinIO

- Experience in backend or frontend development (e.g. Java/Spring Boot or React/TypeScript), with the ability and willingness to learn new languages and frameworks as needed.

- Experience with databases such as RDBMS, NoSQL, and object storage

- Experience with CI/CD processes, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Git, Kubernetes, and deploying and operating applications in cloud environment

- Good understanding of system architecture design, software engineering best practices, and scalable service development.

Nice to haves

- Software development experience with agile practices

- Familiarity with AI-driven development, such as building or integrating LLM-powered features, agent-based workflows, or automation tools.

- Experience with WebSockets, OT (Operational Transformation), rich-text engine customization

- Familiarity with AI-driven development, such as building or integrating LLM-powered features, agent-based workflows, or automation tools.

- Familiarity with modern frontend tooling (e.g. Vite, Nx), and/or working within large-scale or monorepo codebases

Why join us?

- You are, and can continue to be one of the sharpest engineering minds that builds, innovates, and translates technologies into future-proofed digital solutions with precision and agility

- You will have plenty of opportunities to deepen your domain expertise while developing adjacent areas of interest and competencies as part of this diverse community

- The products you lead to develop, together with us, will lay one of the core foundations for the next-generation decision-enablement product for our business users

- You, too, believe in harnessing data and best-in-class technologies to deliver simple, yet sophisticated products that power our analysts and leaders for the long run

As CSIT is an agency under the Ministry of Defence (Singapore), only Singapore Citizens will be considered.We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.apply for this job