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GovTech is the lead agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT & SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government’s capabilities in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity.      At GovTech, we offer you a purposeful career to make lives better where we empower our people to master their craft through robust learning and development opportunities all year round.   Play a part in Singapore’s vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Join us to advance our mission and shape your future with us today!      Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg. People's Association (PA) is a statutory board that builds community bonding and promotes racial harmony in Singapore. GovTech partners PA to deliver a suite of digital services that connect residents to grassroots organisations, community programmes, and government services island-wide.    [What you will be working on]   We are seeking an experienced and technically strong engineer to join People's Association (PA). You will serve as the technical authority bridging business strategy and engineering delivery — translating complex requirements into robust, scalable, and secure architectures that underpin citizen-centric digital services. We are looking for senior and experienced candidates who can hit the ground running and make an immediate impact. Responsibilities  Define and own solution architecture: Produce clear, well-reasoned architecture blueprints that align business requirements with technical implementation across systems, platforms, and integrations.  Lead architectural decision-making: Evaluate design options, document trade-offs, and make authoritative decisions on technology choices, integration patterns, and platform strategies.  Collaborate with cross-functional teams: Work closely with product managers, engineers, UX designers, and agency stakeholders to ensure architectures are feasible, aligned, and deliverable.  Provide technical governance: Conduct architecture and design reviews, enforce standards, and ensure solutions comply with security, data, and government ICT policies.  Guide and mentor engineering teams: Coach engineers on architectural best practices and cultivate a culture of quality and sound design thinking.  Manage technical risks and dependencies: Proactively identify architectural risks, integration complexities, and legacy constraints; propose mitigation strategies and pragmatic solutions.  Documentation and communication: Produce and maintain architecture artefacts — reference architectures, decision records, integration maps — ensuring they remain current and accessible to stakeholders.  Shape technical strategy: Define the multi-year technical roadmap, set organisation-wide architectural standards, and represent PA in whole-of-government technology forums.  Stay current with technology trends: Continuously evaluate emerging technologies, cloud-native patterns, and industry best practices to improve PA's technical posture.    [What we are looking for]   Educational Background Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology,  Engineering, or a related field.  Professional Experience 6-12+ years of relevant experience in software engineering or IT, with at least 3 years in a technical lead or principal engineer role. Demonstrated track record of owning end-to-end architecture for production systems at scale.  Candidates are expected to have led architecture ac