Backend Engineer

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 realize 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.

This is a fixed term contract. The engagement is 12-months
Location: 1 Hampshire Road

COMPASS (Comprehensive Performance & Analytics for Bus Systems) is LTA's strategic analytics platform for bus operations. It consolidates data from fleet management systems, onboard devices, and operational platforms to provide actionable insights that support data-driven decision-making across LTA and public transport operators (PTO). As COMPASS continues to evolve, new initiatives are being developed to enhance bus operations through predictive maintenance and AI-enabled insights. These initiatives require enhancements across application development, system integration, data processing, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and platform operations.

What the officer will be doing?
• Responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the server-side logic, databases, and APIs that power COMPASS platform, ensuring reliability, performance, and security:
• Design and develop scalable, maintainable, and secure backend services, APIs and integration components.
• Design and implement scalable microservices and distributed systems.
• Integrate with upstream and downstream systems, devices, and data sources.
• Manage and optimise relational and non-relational databases, including schema design, query optimisation, and data integrity.
• Develop data processing, transformation, and analytics services.
• Implement application monitoring, logging, and observability features to support system reliability and operational troubleshooting.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application and integration issues to ensure service reliability and performance
• Work closely with frontend engineers, data teams, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver technical solutions. • Implement authentication, authorisation, and other security best practices in backend systems. • Support testing, deployment, and production operations activities. • Write clean, well-documented, and testable code, and participate in peer code reviews. • Maintain technical documentation and system design artefacts. • Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives. • Collaborate effectively with team members to deliver solutions and support knowledge sharing across the project team.