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title: 'Senior UX Designer at Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies'
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# Senior UX Designer at Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies

- **Company:** Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies
- **Location:** Singapore
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2022-01-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/csit/19444ac5-f03a-4cec-ba37-58f2532b3848

## Job description

Our product teams build robust web applications and data platforms to equip users with the ability to be more analytical and efficient in their critical decision-making and operations. We develop a wide spectrum of systems from interactive visualisation tools (charting, relationships, geospatial, etc), to complex data platforms, to intelligent search engines. In addition to delivering feature-rich systems, our teams focus on building systems for humans by emphasing user experiences and automation. We believe in technology as a critical enabler to allow organisations to achieve more.

We are looking for a designer who excels in distilling complex user workflows and crafting coherent experiences, to lead the design of new and existing products.

## Responsibilities

- Solving complex interaction problems, humanise product ideas and develop these into elegant application design
- Own the end-to-end design process, in close partnership with product managers and engineers, to create and rapidly iterate on concepts through design exploration, ideation and user validation
- Drive appropriate user research activities such as discovery interviews, usability testing, stakeholder interviews, post-launch feedback, metrics review, and the translation of research insights into actionable recommendations
- Balance between the practicalities of user requirements and business needs
- Align the execution of design with the rest of the product and design organisation
- Present design solutions to stakeholders, defend design decisions and incorporate feedback into the design cycle
- Build design capabilities amongst product team members, through collaboration, storytelling, and digital evangelism

## Requirements (Minimum Qualifications)

- Background in disciplines related to digital product design or development.
- Minimum 5+ years of professional experience designing solutions for software applications
- Strong command of information architecture, interaction design, and visual design, and with a mind for simplicity of design
- Proven expertise turning complex business problems into simple and engaging design concepts
- Proactive self-starter, and capable of communicating and prototyping interactions at all levels of resolution
- Familiarity with modern digital design tools (e.g. Sketch, Figma)
- Good awareness of software development processes and frontend development technologies

## Requirements (Preferred qualifications)

- Background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Prior experience helping others grow in design proficiency will be an added advantage

We know that applying to a new role takes a lot of time and effort. To facilitate the process, a link to your professional portfolio, showcasing a few functional designs that you have developed, is required as part of your application. Please do detail your role and involvement in these projects. There will be no take-home design exercises – only an on-site whiteboarding session with members from the product team.

## What we offer / Culture

- As an early member of our design team, you will have strong influence over how our design culture grows.
- You will also get to define how enterprise-type SAAS applications can balance function and form, whilst working with a team of product managers and engineers also passionate about bringing our products to the next level.
- The work you do here will impact Singapore’s national security needs, and be based on cutting-edge digital technologies.
- At CSIT, we approach work with professionalism, a high bar for excellence, and a sense of humour whilst keeping sane working hours.
- We believe strongly in innovation and teamwork, and that ideas can come from bottom up. Integrity is core to our identity.

As we are an agency under the Ministry of Defence (Singapore), only Singapore Citizens will be considered.

## About Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: The Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies (CSIT) is a technical agency under Singapore’s Ministry of Defence that harnesses advanced digital technologies—cybersecurity, AI, data analytics, and cloud infrastructure—to protect national security.
- **Entity Type**: Government Agency (Private, not-for-profit)
- **Headquarters**: Singapore
- **Founded**: 2003
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (established as a member of the Defence Technology Community)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Cybersecurity, National Security, Defence Technology, IT Services and IT Consulting
- **Target customers**: Government of Singapore (B2G); national security stakeholders
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Develop capabilities to support critical national security efforts, including cyber defence, counter-terrorism, and countering hostile information operations.”

## Products & Services
- **[Cybersecurity Research & Operations]**: Applied research in vulnerability analysis, network device security, telecommunications security, and mobile/embedded device security. Operates a self-built secure cloud environment for mission systems.
- **[AI & Data Exploitation Tools]**: Builds AI-driven analytics and data engineering platforms to identify threats and provide threat intelligence.
- **[Software Engineering & Cloud Infrastructure]**: Develops custom digital solutions, including platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, collaboration tools, and big data processing systems.
- **[Traineeship & Scholarship Programmes]**: Offers a Cybersecurity Traineeship Programme (no prior experience required) and undergraduate/diploma scholarships to nurture talent.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not applicable (government agency)
- **Key Metric**: Over 430 employees (434 as of 2026, +9.6% YoY); 62 active job postings; annual revenue reported externally as ~$10M (likely internal budget figure; not publicly confirmed by CSIT)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) Singapore; Defence Technology Community; collaborates with GovTech, DSTA, DSO National Laboratories, NUS, NTU
- **Growth Signals**: 9.6% headcount growth year-over-year; job postings up 8.8% yearly; expanding into AI engineering and cloud platform roles; strong talent pipeline from local universities and defence agencies

## Competitive Advantages
- **National Security Mandate**: Directly contributes to Singapore’s cyber defence and counter-terrorism, offering unparalleled mission impact.
- **Cutting-Edge Tech Stack**: In-house secure cloud, AI/ML, and vulnerability research capabilities that rival top commercial cybersecurity firms.
- **Talent Development**: Structured traineeship, scholarship, and internship programmes; strong mentorship culture; high retention of engineers from defence ecosystem.
- **Stability & Resources**: As a government agency, provides long-term career stability with access to advanced tools and classified projects.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Deepen AI engineering capabilities; expand cyber threat research (especially in network devices, telecommunications, cloud platforms); strengthen cloud infrastructure and platform reliability; continue to attract and develop local cybersecurity talent.
- **Direction for growth**: Scaling teams in AI, data engineering, and product engineering; increasing collaboration with other defence technology agencies; enhancing offensive and defensive cyber operations.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven environment with a focus on integrity, innovation, teamwork, agility, and lifelong learning. Employees report a work-life balance rating of 4.2/5.0 on LinkedIn.
- **Work Policy**: On-site roles in Singapore (multiple offices in Science Park and Bukit Merah); no remote/hybrid flexibility indicated for most positions.
- **Notable Perks**: Opportunity to work on projects that directly safeguard national security; access to cutting-edge technology; scholarships and traineeship programmes for career starters; competitive government salaries (e.g., Senior Engineer SGD 155,761/year reported).
- **Engineering Culture**: Strong emphasis on research and development; engineers are empowered to build custom solutions from scratch; collaborative environment with cross-functional teams.

## Sources
1. [LinkedIn – CSIT Company Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/csitsg)
2. [CSIT Official Website](https://www.csit.gov.sg/join-us)
3. [Singapore Government Directory – CSIT](https://www.sgdi.gov.sg/ministries/mindef/departments/csit)
4. [NUS Career Fair – CSIT Profile](https://careerfair.comp.nus.edu.sg/Company0125/Centre_for_Strategic_Infocomm_Technologies_(CSIT).html)
5. [CSIT Careers – Lever](https://jobs.lever.co/csit)

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