Title:  Engineer

About ST Engineering

ST Engineering is a global technology, defence, and engineering group with offices across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S., serving customers in more than 100 countries. The Group uses technology and innovation to solve real-world problems and improve lives through its diverse portfolio of businesses across the aerospace, smart city, defence, and public security segments. Headquartered in Singapore, ST Engineering ranks among the largest companies listed on the Singapore Exchange.

Our history spans more than 50 years, and our strategy is underpinned by our core values – Integrity, Value Creation, Courage, Commitment and Compassion. These 5 core values guide every aspect of our business and are embedded in our ST Engineering culture – from the people we hire, to working with each other, to our partners and customers.

About our Line of Business – Mission Software & Services

Our Mission Software & Services business provides leading-edge mission critical command, control, and communications (C3) systems with secured IT infrastructure and managed services. We support our client’s innovation journey through design thinking, analytics, and AI-enabled decision support with our full suite of cloud computing solutions. We provide intelligent, actionable insights and sustainable solutions to our valued partners in diverse industries including defence, government, and commercial sectors.

Together, We Can Make A Significant Impact

We are seeking a Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain data-driven applications and platforms, with a strong focus on:

• Database design and population frameworks
• Backend services and data pipelines
• Frontend interfaces for data interaction

The role requires translating requirements into end-to-end system design and implementation, including the construction of data platforms and tooling to support efficient data ingestion, management, and usage.

The engineer will also leverage AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate development while maintaining code quality and system integrity.

Be Part of Our Success

🔹Data Platform & Database Engineering (Primary)

• Design and build data platforms and database schemas to support structured and geospatial data
• Develop systems to facilitate ingestion, transformation, and population of data
• Implement and maintain databases using:
• PostgreSQL
• PostGIS (for geospatial data)
• MongoDB (for unstructured / semi-structured data)
• Optimise database performance, indexing, and scalability
• Ensure data integrity, consistency, and security

🔹 Application Development

• Develop backend services and APIs to manage and access data
• Build frontend applications for visualisation and interaction with data
• Integrate frontend, backend, and database systems into cohesive applications
• Ensure system reliability, scalability, and performance

🔹 Solution Design & Delivery

• Translate requirements into technical architecture and design
• Design and implement end-to-end systems (data + application layers)
• Work closely with stakeholders to refine requirements and deliver solutions
• Maintain documentation of architecture, design, and workflows

🔹 Platform & Infrastructure (Supporting Role)

• Deploy and manage applications on container platforms (e.g., Kubernetes)
• Operate infrastructure on Nutanix environments
• Support deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting of systems
• Ensure availability, resilience, and security of deployed solutions

🔹 AI‑Assisted Development

• Use AI coding tools to accelerate development, prototyping, and debugging
• Apply AI tools to:
• Generate boilerplate code and data models
• Assist with query optimisation and data processing logic
• Improve developer productivity while maintaining quality
• Validate and review AI-generated code to ensure:
• Correctness
• Security
• Maintainability

Qualities We Value

• Strong experience in:
• Database design and data engineering
• Backend development and API design
• Full-stack application development
• Hands-on experience with:
• PostgreSQL
• PostGIS
• MongoDB
• Ability to build systems that facilitate data ingestion and population workflows
• Strong problem-solving and system design capabilities
• Experience translating requirements into working systems
• Familiarity with distributed systems and scalable architectures

• Experience with Kubernetes and container-based deployments
• Linux system knowledge

Our Commitment That Goes Beyond the Norm

• An environment where you will be working on cutting-edge technologies and architectures.
• Safe space where diverse perspectives are valued, and everyone’s unique contributions are celebrated.
• Meaningful work and projects that make a difference in people’s lives.
• A fun, passionate and collaborative workplace.
• Competitive remuneration and comprehensive benefits.