{"id":3523764,"url":"https://alion.io/job/activate-interactive-senior-software-engineer-a26428-2","title":"Senior Software Engineer - A26428","company":{"id":46780,"name":"Activate Interactive","domain":"activate.sg","url":"https://alion.io/company/activate-interactive-pte-ltd","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"services","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workable","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":87,"open_postings":17,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.529,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":35,"computed_at":"2026-10-31T05:58:55Z"}},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Singapore"],"countries":["SG"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":7000,"max":14000,"currency":"SGD","period":"month","gross":true,"usd_annual":131244},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Amazon CloudWatch","optional":false},{"name":"Amazon EC2","optional":false},{"name":"Amazon EKS","optional":false},{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"AWS CDK","optional":false},{"name":"IAM","optional":false},{"name":"Node JS","optional":false},{"name":"PostgreSQL","optional":false},{"name":"Terraform","optional":false},{"name":"TypeScript","optional":false},{"name":"Docker","optional":true},{"name":"JavaScript","optional":true},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":true},{"name":"Linux","optional":true}],"status":"closed","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":null,"last_verified_at":"2026-10-31T05:41:45Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":"2026-10-31T05:41:45Z","days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"not_scored","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Activate Interactive Pte Ltd (“Activate”) is a leading technology consultancy headquartered in Singapore with a presence in Malaysia and Indonesia. Our clients are empowered with quality, cost-effective, and impactful end-to-end application development, like mobile and web applications, and cloud technology that remove technology roadblocks and increase their business efficiency.\nWe believe in positively impacting the lives of people around us and the environment we live in through the use of technology. Hence, we are committed to providing a conducive environment for all employees to realise their full potential, who in turn have the opportunity to continuously drive innovation.\nWe are searching for our next team members to join our growing team.\nIf you love the idea of being part of a growing company with exciting prospects in mobile and web technologies that create positive impact on people’s lives, then we would love to hear from you.\nWhat will you do?\nWe are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to take End-to-End Ownership of our backend systems for a mission-critical Regulatory Licensing Platform. You will be a key technical pillar on a lean, high-impact product team building application processing systems within a Highly Restricted Government Cloud Environment.\nThis role demands a “Systems-First” mindset. You won’t just write code; you will own the entire lifecycle of your work – from architectural design, development to “Day 2” operational support, comprehensive monitoring, and infrastructure stability. We need someone who can translate complex compliance requirements into stable, production-ready reality without heavy oversight.\nEnd-to-End Ownership & Autonomy: Own backend systems from greenfield development through to production. Navigate technical ambiguity independently, proactively identifying blockers and driving implementations to completion without needing constant direction.\nSystems-Led Backend Development: Develop resilient APIs using Node.js/TypeScript and PostgreSQL, designed for Just-in-Time (JIT) data access. You are responsible for writing comprehensive tests and ensuring all data is encrypted at rest and in transit.\nInfrastructure Support & Proficiency: Take operational responsibility for self-hosted components (EC2, EKS). Automate patching, hardening, and recovery, and manage secure transport protocols (SFTP/SSH).\nCloud Infrastructure & Networking: Build and maintain multi-zone logical segmentation (Edge, Integration, App, and Vault). This includes managing virtual networking (VPC), IAM policies, and secure communication patterns.\nSaaS & Service Integration: Own the integration of critical third-party and central services (e.g., secure file-transfer gateways and notification engines). You ensure these “handshakes” are reliable, automated, and strictly auditable.\nObservability & Reliability Mindset: Design and implement a robust monitoring plane (CloudWatch, etc.). Define metrics, set up distributed tracing, and configure proactive alerting to catch issues before they impact users.\nInfrastructure-as-Code (IaC): Ensure every resource is auditable and reproducible using Terraform / AWS CDK, adhering strictly to “Policy-as-Code”.\nWhat are we looking for?\n6/7+ years of Backend Engineering Experience: A proven track record of building, deploying, and maintaining complex, production-grade systems independently\nDemonstrated Independence: Proven track record of building, deploying, and maintaining complex, production-grade systems independently.\nCloud Infrastructure Fluency (AWS preferred): Deep, hands-on experience with cloud-native architectures, specifically networking (VPC), identity management (IAM), and secure data patterns.\nTechnical Stack Mastery: Proficiency in Node.js/TypeScript and relational database design (PostgreSQL)\nSystems & OS Knowledge: Strong proficiency in Linux administration and container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes). You understand the “plumbing” of how code runs on a server.\nCommunication: Ability to explain complex technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders (PMs/Designers/Business Owners) clearly and concisely.\nCollaborative and low-ego — you care about the team succeeding, not just yourself.\nWhat do we offer in return?\nCompetitive Compensation: Market competitive salary and variable performance bonus aligned to your skills, impact, and contribution. \nBenefits: Outpatient medical, specialist medical coverage and generous customisable flexi benefits, or flexi allowance; life and health insurance, thoughtful perks like special occasions “red packet” and CNY goodies, etc. \nEmployee Wellness: Support for your physical, mental, and overall well-being through year-round initiatives. \nGrowth & Development: Learning programmes, certification support, and a dedicated staff development budget. (We are a “SHRI 2025 Gold winner” in “Learning & Development; Coaching & Mentoring”) \nCareer Progression: Structured career pathways that enable you to grow along a technical/domain expert track or a leadership track. \nCompetency Framework: A structured and practical framework to support you to develop, perform, and succeed. \nFlexible Work Arrangement: Staff may choose to work flexi-place, flexi-time, and flexi-load based on existing framework \nWhy you'll love working with us? \nIf you are looking for opportunities to collaborate with leading industry experts and be surrounded by highly motivated and talented peers, we welcome you to join us. We provide all employees with equal opportunities to grow and develop with us. We believe your success is our success. \nDoes it sound like something you are interested in exploring further? Please be in touch with our team for an initial chat.\nActivate Interactive Singapore is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications and abilities. Activate Interactive Pte Ltd does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, colour, religion, gender, sexuality, national origin, age, disability, marital status or any other characteristics protected by law. \nProtecting your privacy and the security of your data are longstanding top priorities for Activate Interactive Pte Ltd. \nYour personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing Activate Interactive Pte Ltd’s recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes. \nPlease consult our Privacy Notice () to know more about how we collect, use, and transfer the personal data of our candidates. Here you can find how you can request for access, correction and/or withdrawal of your Personal Data. \nSkills\nConstruction, PostgreSQL, Independence, IAM, Cloud Native Architecture, Team Involvement, Systems Knowledge, Identity Management Systems, Container Orchestration, technical input, Networking, Relational Databases, Server Operation, Production System, Deployment, Amazon VPC","description_format":"text","description_chars":7055,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule","Health insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Digital Government","Systems Integrators","Custom Software Development"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-30T12:28:00Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-31T05:41:45Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":null,"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":131244,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/activate-interactive-senior-software-engineer-a26428-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/activate-interactive-senior-software-engineer-a26428-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-31T20:52:13Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":32852,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":46780},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=46780"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Factivate-interactive-senior-software-engineer-a26428-2"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Factivate-interactive-senior-software-engineer-a26428-2"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Factivate-interactive-senior-software-engineer-a26428-2"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/activate-interactive-senior-software-engineer-a26428-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Factivate-interactive-senior-software-engineer-a26428-2"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3523764}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"activate.sg","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3523764},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}