M73 - Full Stack Engineer at FPT Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

About this role

About the Role We are seeking a skilled and adaptable Full-Stack Engineer to design, develop, and maintain production-grade applications supporting government operations. You will initially work on an AI-enabled platform focused on high-volume document processing, with opportunities to contribute to other projects as business priorities evolve. The ideal candidate possesses strong software engineering fundamentals, hands-on experience with modern full-stack technologies, and the ability to learn and adapt quickly. This position is open to both mid-level and senior-level engineers, with and technical ownership aligned to experience. Key Full-Stack Development
Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable web applications, backend APIs, background jobs, and database models.
Build responsive frontend applications using React, TypeScript, and modern web technologies.
Develop reliable backend services and APIs using Node.js.
Translate business requirements and operational workflows into secure, reliable, and maintainable software solutions.
Collaborate with product managers, operations teams, and other stakeholders to deliver effective solutions.
Support system integrations, including APIs connecting to other government platforms and services.
AI Integration & Automation
Integrate AI technologies, including Large Language Models (LLMs), computer vision, and Optical Character Recognition (OCR), into applications.
Develop AI-enabled features with appropriate error handling, performance monitoring, and cost optimisation.
Ensure the reliability, accuracy, and quality of AI-generated outputs.
Software Engineering & DevOps
Write clean, maintainable, well-tested, and strongly typed code.
Participate in code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD processes.
Contribute to system architecture discussions, technical design, and documentation.
Troubleshoot application issues across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and external integrations.
Support deployment, maintenance, and continuous improvement of production systems.
Apply secure development practices and maintain application reliability.
Security, Compliance & Production Support
Maintain and support production applications to ensure stability, security, and performance.
Support security assessments, including Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT).
Participate in technical audits and compliance reviews.
Investigate and remediate security vulnerabilities, audit findings, and production incidents.
Maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.
Technical Leadership (Senior-Level )
Lead the design and implementation of complex system components.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
Evaluate architectural approaches and recommend solutions based on scalability, maintainability, performance, and security.
Promote engineering best practices across development teams.
Requirements
Proven experience in full-stack software development, building and maintaining production applications.
Strong hands-on experience with React, Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
Proficiency in developing RESTful APIs and working with relational databases.
Solid understanding of software architecture, system design principles, and technical trade-offs.
Good understanding of concurrency, asynchronous programming, event loops, and race conditions.
Experience with automated testing, version control, code reviews, and CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with cloud technologies, including containers, managed services, object storage, and message queues.
Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills across applications, APIs, networks, and external services.
Understanding of software security, application performance, and production reliability.
Good communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in an agile environment.
Willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to evolving project requirements.
Good to Have
Experience integrating AI/ML services or LLM APIs into production applications.
Familiarity with AI integration concepts such as rate limiting, retries, token management, prompt versioning, and output evaluation.
Exposure to AI agents, agentic workflows, Model Context Protocol (MCP), or similar frameworks.
Knowledge of additional programming languages such as Go, C#, or Java.
Experience working with the Singapore Government Tech Stack (SGTS).
Familiarity with observability tools and practices, including logging, monitoring, metrics, and distributed tracing.
Understanding of secure software development and sensitive data handling.
Experience supporting mission-critical or high-availability systems.
Experience preparing technical documentation, architecture decision records, and operational runbooks.
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