Software Engineer (Java & Golang) – Immediate / Short Notice - Contract

Software Engineer – Java & Golang

Employment Type: 12 Months Contract

Work Location: Changi, Singapore

Experience: 5–8 years

Availablity : Immediate Joiner Preferred

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer with strong hands-on development experience in both Java and Golang (Go).

The successful candidate will work on mission-critical applications and will be responsible for re-architecting and rewriting existing Golang services into clean, performant and maintainable Java solutions.

The role requires a strong software engineering foundation, experience working with distributed systems, and the ability to develop reliable and maintainable applications in a production environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Re-architect and rewrite existing Golang services into idiomatic, clean and maintainable Java.

• Design, develop, test and maintain scalable backend applications and services.

• Analyse existing Go code, business logic and service dependencies before migration to Java.

• Develop robust solutions for distributed and mission-critical systems.

• Write clean, readable, testable and well-documented code.

• Participate in technical design and architectural discussions.

• Troubleshoot application, integration and performance issues.

• Apply appropriate design patterns and engineering practices without unnecessary complexity.

• Work closely with developers and other technical stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Ensure application stability, reliability, maintainability and performance.

• Use AI-assisted development tools appropriately for repetitive or boilerplate activities while maintaining engineering ownership over core logic and technical decisions.

Mandatory Requirements

• 4 + years of professional software development experience.

• Strong hands-on development experience in Java.

• Strong hands-on development experience in Golang / Go.

• Experience developing backend services using Spring / Spring Boot.

• Experience with microservices and distributed systems.

• Good working knowledge of SQL and relational databases.

• Experience developing and consuming REST APIs.

• Understanding of concurrent programming / multithreading concepts.

• Strong debugging, problem-solving and code-quality practices.

• Experience supporting reliable, production-grade applications.

Good to Have

• Apache Kafka or other message-queue technologies.

• AWS S3 or other object-storage technologies.

• Networking and routing fundamentals.

• Angular or other modern frontend technologies.

• Cloud and container technologies such as AWS, Docker or Kubernetes.

• Experience working on large-scale enterprise or financial-services applications.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.

• Able to understand an existing codebase and translate functionality between programming languages.

• Values code readability, maintainability and long-term system stability.

• Comfortable working collaboratively with technical teams.

• Able to clearly document technical decisions and complex application logic.

• Proactive in proposing practical technical solutions when standard approaches are insufficient.
  

  
  Interested candidates are kindly requested to email their CV with their experience to [email protected]

  We look forward to your application!