We are the GTO – Software Engineering Practice within GovTech, dedicated to uplifting engineering standards, tools, and practices across the organization. Our mission is to reimagine how software is built, tested, shipped, and maintained - by empowering engineering teams with the tools, libraries, and guidance they need to succeed.
We build and steward key initiatives that shape how GovTech engineers work every day such as:
We work across the full software development lifecycle - from local dev environments to production delivery - to drive engineering excellence, consistency, and velocity across public digital services. We also serve as practice enablers, helping to propagate best practices, gather community feedback, and champion a culture of engineering excellence across GovTech.
Our north star: Reduce the time it takes for an engineer to deliver value to production to under one hour.
We aim to first raise the bar within GovTech, and ultimately scale this impact across Whole-of-Government (WOG) engineering teams through common tooling, standards, and shared communities of practice.
As a Senior Software Engineer in the Reimagine Software Engineering team, you will:
Shape the Developer Experience
Design, build, and maintain tools like the GovTech Developer CLI, starter kits, and common libraries that improve how engineers onboard, develop, and ship software.
Build Foundational Libraries and Kits
Develop reusable Node.js and Golang libraries, templates, and patterns that enable teams to adopt secure-by-default and production-ready practices.
Lead CI/CD and Automation Initiatives
Collaborate with platform and product teams to define best practices for continuous integration, deployment pipelines, and local development environments (e.g., Dev Containers).
Champion Software Engineering Standards
Help define and codify best practices and standards in the GovTech Developer Handbook, and partner with teams to support adoption and onboarding.
Drive Infrastructure and DevOps Patterns
Support initiatives around containerization, runtime hardening, developer environments, and observability tooling - making it easy for teams to do the right thing.
Enable and Uplift the Developer Community
Collaborate and Mentor
Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand their needs, guide them in adopting shared tooling, and mentor engineers on engineering best practices.
Contribute to Strategic Engineering Initiatives
Help shape the technical direction and roadmap of how GovTech engineers build software - from first commit to production operations.