Software Engineer (Consultant Grade) for Regulatory – Job Description

What you will be working on:

As a Software Engineer supporting our Client’s land titles and digital lodgement platforms

These systems are core to Singapore’s land registry and property transaction ecosystem,

supporting land title registration, digital lodgement, payment, workflow, search, reporting, and integration with a wide range of internal and external systems.

This role combines hands-on software engineering with:

legacy modernisation

operational resilience

digital transformation

You will help maintain and enhance complex mission-critical systems while progressively improving:

architecture

security

observability

developer practices

the responsible use of AI to accelerate engineering outcomes

You will be expected to work across:

change delivery

production support contexts

Balancing:

system stability

regulatory obligations

long-term technical renewal

Key responsibilities

Develop, enhance and maintain software for STARS and ELS across both legacy and modernised components, ensuring reliability, correctness and maintainability.

Work on complex business workflows that support land title registration, lodgement, payment, document handling, reporting and search functions.

Analyse and implement system changes with care in a tightly coupled environment with numerous upstream and downstream interfaces.

Support modernisation initiatives such as platform upgrades, code remediation, refactoring, API enablement, removal of obsolete components, and progressive architecture improvements.

Contribute to digital transformation efforts, including improving system usability, automation, straight-through processing and integration with new digital services.

Use AI tools responsibly to improve engineering productivity in areas such as code analysis, documentation, test design and development acceleration, while critically reviewing all AI-generated outputs for correctness, security, maintainability and compliance.

Participate in incident investigation, root cause analysis, defect remediation and production support to maintain system stability and service availability.

Strengthen engineering quality through testing, code review, secure coding, dependency hygiene, observability and DevSecOps practices.

Collaborate with product owners, users, architects, operations teams, cybersecurity stakeholders and vendors to deliver solutions that are practical, secure and aligned with SLA’s priorities.

Document technical design, system behaviour, integration logic and operational considerations to support knowledge retention and reduce dependency on individuals or vendors.

In this role, you will be expected to make sound engineering trade-offs in a legacy environment where:

data integrity

security

auditability

service continuity
are critical.

You should be comfortable with:

large and complex codebases

investigating difficult defects

understanding business rules embedded in older implementations

helping the team move progressively toward better engineering practices and future-state architecture

What we are looking for

Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

At least 3–5 years of relevant experience in software engineering, application maintenance, or enterprise system development.

Strong programming and debugging skills, with experience in one or more of the following:

Java

JSP

JavaScript

SQL

PL/SQL

shell scripting

or related enterprise technologies

Experience working with large, complex or legacy application systems, including:

troubleshooting production issues

understanding tightly coupled business logic

Familiarity with web application and enterprise platform concepts such as:

APIs

application servers

databases

batch processing

authentication flows

system integrations

Experience with software delivery practices such as:

version control

CI/CD

automated testing

release management

environment management

Working knowledge of secure coding principles and application security practices, with appreciation of:

vulnerability remediation

operational risk management

Good analytical thinking and problem-solving ability, with a disciplined approach to:

change impact assessment

root cause analysis

Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Ability to learn quickly, take ownership of assigned work, and contribute in a structured, high-accountability environment.

Preferred qualifications

Experience with legacy modernisation, technology refresh, code recovery, refactoring or migration initiatives.

Experience with:

Oracle

WebLogic

IIS

Tomcat

Spring Boot

Angular

AWS GCC

or similar enterprise platforms

Exposure to:

DevSecOps

observability

performance monitoring

resiliency engineering

platform security controls

Experience in highly regulated, high-availability or public sector environments where:

auditability

compliance

operational continuity
are important

Experience supporting systems with:

external agency

business partner integrations

Practical experience using AI-assisted engineering tools in a disciplined and governed way to improve delivery outcomes.

Familiarity with:

land

registry

legal

transactional

document-centric systems
will be an advantage

Closing Statement

This is a meaningful opportunity to work on systems that are foundational to Singapore’s land administration and property transaction ecosystem.

You will help keep critical legacy platforms dependable today while shaping their next phase of:

modernisation

resilience

AI-enabled transformation for the future