As 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.
