Software Quality Engineer - A26338

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.

Co-Development Business Unit is hiring for Software Quality Engineer

You will work in Singapore Government Agencies

This is a fixed term contract role. The engagement is 12 months

What will you do?

GovTech aims to transform the delivery of Government digital services by taking an "outside-in" view, putting citizens and businesses at the heart of everything we do. Play a part in Singapore's vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on a meaningful journey to build tech for public good.

We are seeking talented and experienced Quality Assurance (QA) Engineers / Quality Engineers to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in functional automation, regression testing, and quality processes, with a passion for ensuring high reliability across complex distributed systems.

Work closely with a cross-functional agile team consisting of Software Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers to understand requirements, define acceptance criteria, and ensure end-to-end quality.

Write, maintain, and execute regression test suites in JavaScript/TypeScript using Playwright across React.js frontends and NestJS backends.

Build and integrate automated Playwright tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) to enable continuous testing and fast feedback loops.

Manage test environments, container testing setups, and database state (handling data dumps and mock data) for test run execution and environment resets.

Collaborate with government agencies to deliver high-quality, reliable, and secure software systems.

Participate in Scrum ceremonies, tech-sharing, and quality engineering solutioning sessions.

What are we looking for?

Experience testing reasonably large, high-availability software systems operating at scale built with React.js on the frontend and NestJS on the backend.

Strong proficiency in JavaScript / TypeScript for writing automated regression test scripts.

Hands-on experience with Playwright for end-to-end (E2E) web and API regression automation.

Experience writing and maintaining automated test scripts integrated directly into CI/CD pipelines.

Ability to work with database dumps and mock data for environment setups, data validation, and database testing (SQL and NoSQL such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB).

Hands-on experience with container testing and managing test environments using Docker, Kubernetes, or other container orchestration tools.

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS (preferred), Azure, or GCP for test environment deployment and execution.

Experience with observability, monitoring, and log analysis tools (e.g., ELK stack, AWS CloudWatch, or Splunk).

Experience in designing, building, and executing performance test suites (load, stress, spike, and endurance/soak testing) targeting HTTP APIs.

Hands-on experience using k6 (or similar tools like Locust/Gatling) deployed on AWS EC2 or integrated into CI/CD pipelines to send automated API test traffic.

Experience managing performance test data lifecycles, including generating synthetic test data and utilizing database snapshots for setup and environment resets between runs.

Familiarity with analyzing system performance metrics (latency/response time, P95/P99 percentiles, throughput, error rates, and resource utilization like CPU, Memory, Network, and File I/O).

Understanding of basic database performance factors such as indexes, connection pooling, and database locks.

Experience using observability and monitoring tools (Kibana / ELK stack, AWS CloudWatch, Container Insights) to analyze performance test reports and diagnose system bottlenecks.

What do we offer in return?

Competitive Compensation:  Market competitive salary and variable performance bonus aligned to your skills, impact, and contribution.

Benefits:  Outpatient medical, specialist medical coverage and generous customisable flexi benefits, or flexi allowance; life and health insurance, thoughtful perks like special occasions “red packet” and CNY goodies, etc.

Employee Wellness:  Support for your physical, mental, and overall well-being through year-round initiatives.

Growth & Development:  Learning programmes, certification support, and a dedicated staff development budget. (We are a “SHRI 2025 Gold winner” in “Learning & Development; Coaching & Mentoring”)

Career Progression:  Structured career pathways that enable you to grow along a technical/domain expert track or a leadership track.

Competency Framework:  A structured and practical framework to support you to develop, perform, and succeed.

Flexible Work Arrangement:  Staff may choose to work flexi-place, flexi-time, and flexi-load based on existing framework

Why you'll love working with us?

If you are looking for opportunities to collaborate with leading industry experts and be surrounded by highly motivated and talented peers, we welcome you to join us. We provide all employees with equal opportunities to grow and develop with us. We believe your success is our success.

Does it sound like something you are interested in exploring fu