Backend Engineer - A26054

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.

We 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.

We are searching for our next team members to join our growing team.

If 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.

Co-Development Business Unit is hiring for backend engineer

Internal Code: A26054

You will work in Singapore Government Agencies

This is a fixed term contract role. The engagement is 2 years.

What will you do?

• Responsible for the design and build of secure, scalable backend services that power our cybersecurity command and control platform and dashboards for the maritime sector.
• You will be responsible for developing APIs and integrating and provisioning data services in a cloud environment, with a strong emphasis on security, performance, and operational excellence.
• Design, develop, test, deploy backend services that power our cybersecurity command and control platform for the maritime sector.
• Build well-structured APIs (REST) with clear contracts, versioning, documentation and backward compatibility.
• Implement authentication and authorisation controls (e.g., OAuth2/OIDC, RBAC), audit logging, and secure secrets handling.
• Design and implement data access layers with strong database fundamentals (schema design, migrations, performance tuning), including graph database setup and integrations (e.g., Neo4j).
• Develop asynchronous / event-driven integrations (e.g., messaging/stream processing) where applicable.
• Apply secure coding practices and implement security controls (input validation, encryption, least privilege, dependency management).
• Ensure reliability through observability (logging/metrics/tracing).

Requirements

What are we looking for?

• At least 5 years of experience in backend software development.
• Strong hands-on experience building backend services, APIs, and integrations using modern programming frameworks such as Java, Spring Framework, Spring Boot and Python.
• Solid programming fundamentals (concurrency, collections, performance considerations).
• Strong experience with API design, backend architecture patterns, and integration best practices.
• Strong experience with SQL databases and data access patterns.
• Exposure to NoSQL and Neo4j is a plus.
• Working proficiency with Git (feature branching, rebasing/merging, resolving conflicts).
• Familiarity with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure) is advantageous.
• Experience with secure SDLC practices.
• Experience with messaging/stream processing technologies and observability tooling (distributed tracing, metrics).

Benefits

What do we offer in return?

• Fun working environment
• Employee Wellness Program
• To work in Singapore Government Agencies projects
• We provide structured development framework and growth opportunities. (We are a “SHRI 2025 Gold winner” in “Learning & Development; Coaching & Mentoring”)

Why you'll love working with us?

If 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.

Activate 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.

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