Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Job description for Forward Deployed Software Engineer at impactnet

ABOUT IMPACTNET

• impactnet is an early-stage tech-for-good startup, building software for Singapore’s social
• sector.
• Our two products, Empower (agentic volunteer management system) and Emplace (AI-powered
• volunteer-charity matchmaking), serve charities, Social Service Agencies (SSAs), and community
• organisations across Singapore.
• We’re a small, fast-moving team. You’ll have real ownership over what you build, real users
• depending on it, and direct access to the people making the decisions.

WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON

• Empower is a volunteer management platform built for Singapore’s charity sector. We’re moving
• toward a consultancy model: each charity client gets a purpose-built configuration of Empower
• tailored to their workflows and pain points. Your job is to help us build that.
• Build and ship features across the Empower web platform
• Implement config-driven UI and feature flag systems that personalise the product per
• charity client
• Work on Ines, our agentic AI assistant, including prompt engineering and RAG knowledge
• pipelines
• Contribute to the full deployment lifecycle: from local dev to production
• Collaborate directly with the CTO on architecture decisions and product direction
• WHAT YOU'LL ACTUALLY GET OUT OF THIS
• You’ll be writing real code, shipping to real users, and solving real problems for charities across
• Singapore.
• Full-stack development experience from day one
• Hands-on AI/agentic development with tools like Claude Code and build on top of LLM-
• powered workflows
• Real enterprise delivery of custom software to charity clients, including requirements
• gathering, config-driven architecture, and iterative deployment
• A portfolio piece you can point to — live, in production, used by real organisations doing
• meaningful work in Singapore’s social sector
• Direct collaboration from the CTO on architecture, product decisions, and startup
• building

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

What matters most to us

• You’re curious, creative, coachable, and you learn fast
• You’re comfortable (or actively getting comfortable) with TypeScript, React, or similar web
• technologies
• You have some experience building something: a side project, a school project, a
• hackathon, anything with real code
• You care about using technology to do something meaningful in the civic & social impact
• space

Bonus to have

• Experience with Next.js, Supabase, or Tailwind CSS
• Exposure to AI/LLM tooling or prompt engineering
• Any prior internship or freelance development work
• You can expect to hear back from us in 2 business days.