Tech Lead / Senior DevSecOps Platform Engineer - A26176

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 realize 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.

This is a 12 months fixed term contract role.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a Tech Lead / Senior Software Engineer to design, implement, and operate the high-integrity infrastructure hosting our unified Incident Response Management (IRM) platform. In this role, you will own the technical direction and architecture for a Kubernetes-based deployment on GCC+ for a high-stakes pilot securing Singpass.

A key engineering focus for this role is portability: you must ensure that our deployment design is decoupled from proprietary cloud dependencies, facilitating clean, frictionless porting between distinct Kubernetes clusters when required.

We maintain a relentlessly high bar for engineering standards: your architectural decisions and code will directly impact the resilience and availability of Singapore’s national digital identity infrastructure during critical, high-pressure incidents.

1. Infrastructure Architecture & Highly Portable Systems

• Cloud Infrastructure: Design, harden, and operate enterprise Kubernetes (EKS) clusters on GCC+.
• Portable Architecture: Own the infrastructure design with a strict emphasis on portability. Configuration management, state, and workloads must be architected to allow easy porting across different Kubernetes environments without platform lock-in.
• Platform Deployment: Deploy, optimize, and manage our core enterprise open-source IRM platform using Helm charts, ensuring 24/7 high availability, multi-zone resilience, and self-healing capabilities for the Singpass pilot.

2. Backend & Custom Tooling (Strict Golang Ecosystem)

• Systems Programming: Lead the design and development of all internal backend services, custom SRE automation, DevOps pipelines, and system administration tooling.
• Strict Ecosystem Constraint: All backend code, APIs, and infrastructure tooling must be built exclusively in Golang. We maintain a strict zero-tolerance policy for Node.js (npm/pnpm) within our backend or infrastructure engineering ecosystem.

3. Technical Leadership & Agile Execution

• Team Leadership: Formally mentor and lead a dedicated squad of 5 engineers. Establish engineering excellence through rigorous code reviews, automated testing standards, and robust CI/CD practices.
• Agile Governance: Actively drive and participate in core agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and team retrospectives to foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Strategic Alignment: Partner closely with the Product Manager and the Singpass Engineering Manager to scope technical roadmaps and translate mission requirements into scalable architecture.

4. Strict Engineering Governance

• Documentation as Code: Enforce absolute discipline regarding architectural decisions. You will be responsible for authoring and reviewing RFCs (Requests for Comments) and maintaining a rigorous repository of ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) to ensure all technical choices are transparent, debated, and well-documented.