Software Engineer - P26003

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. Internal Code: P26003 This posting is part of our Talent Pipeline Initiative—we're proactively connecting with talent who are interested in future opportunities with us over the next 3-6 months. While this is not for an immediate opening, strong candidates will be prioritised as roles become available. What You'll Likely Work On and depending on project needs, you may: • The Full Stack Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining scalable, high-performance, and secure web applications. The role • requires expertise in frontend and backend development, cloud technologies, DevOps automation, and application security. Engineers must work in an agile, DevOps-driven environment, ensuring high software quality, security, and maintainability • Take full ownership of end-to-end application development, integrating frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure • Design, develop, and maintain responsive, accessible, and performant web applications • Implement modern frontend architectures, ensuring reusability, scalability, and security • Develop high-performance backend services and APIs, ensuring reliability, security, and observability • Work with Quality Assurance (QA) engineers to ensure automated test coverage and proactively fix bugs and defects • Optimize full-stack CI/CD deployment strategies, ensuring seamless and automated releases • Work with DevOps teams to automate infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and cloud deployments • Ensure full-stack security, including authentication, authorization, API security, and frontend security best practices • Continuously evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to improve application performance and developer productivity Requirements What are we looking for? • Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Computer or Electronics Engineering, Information Technology, or related disciplines • Experience with Git and modern branching workflows (GitFlow, trunk-based development) • Strong proficiency in both frontend and backend development Frontend Technologies: • JavaScript and TypeScript • Frontend frameworks such as React.js, Next.js, Vue.js, Angular, or Svelte Backend Technologies: • Node.js, Express.js, NestJS • Ruby on Rails (RoR) • Java/Kotlin (Spring Boot) • Python (Django, Flask, FastAPI) • Golang • RESTful APIs, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSockets for service communication Observability & Monitoring: • Experience implementing application performance monitoring (APM) tools (Datadog, New Relic, Sentry, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry) • Knowledge of logging frameworks (ELK Stack, Loki, Fluentd) to track and debug issues across distributed systems • Ability to set up dashboards and alerts for real-time application health monitoring Backend Scalability & API Design: • Strong experience in API design principles, including REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSockets • Knowledge of API rate limiting, caching strategies (Redis, Varnish), and • performance optimizations • Familiarity with backend service scalability strategies (horizontal scaling, autoscaling, load balancing) DevOps, Cloud, and Infrastructure: • Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Jenkins) • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Cloudflare Workers) • Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi) Security Best Practices: • Strong knowledge of frontend security (CSP, CORS, XSS prevention) • Experience with backend security (OAuth, JWT, API rate limiting, encryption) • Familiarity with cloud security (IAM, Secrets Management, OWASP Top 10) Software Quality & Testing: • Experience with unit and integration testing (Jest, Cypress, Playwright, Pact) • Backend testing using Postman, Supertest, contract testing • Experience with low-code platforms (OutSystems, Mendix, Appian) • Familiarity with micro-frontends and modular frontend architectures • Experience working wi...