Data Scientist / BI Specialist

BDO Unibank; Makati; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO Unibank is seeking an AI Specialist/Data Scientist to design, build, deploy, and operate enterprise‑grade AI solutions. The role combines software engineering, AI engineering, and product development across front‑end, back‑end, and cloud deployment, leveraging LLMs, RAG, and AI orchestration.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders, data scientists, AI architects, UX designers, platform engineers, and DevOps teams to translate requirements into reusable AI services that accelerate

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in data science, computer science, math/statistics, or related fields.
• 3–5 years of experience delivering production‑grade AI or data-centric applications.
• Comfortable working across the full stack and the AI/ML development lifecycle.
• Willing to work onsite and be assigned in Makati/Ortigas.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise‑grade AI-powered applications using RAG architecture and agentic AI.
• Build end‑to‑end GenAI applications utilizing LLMs, RAG architectures, and vector databases.
• Develop customer‑facing and employee‑facing AI solutions across web, mobile, and conversational channels.
• Translate business requirements into scalable AI application architectures.
• Develop reusable AI components and reference patterns.
• Develop data pipelines to ingest and store data to vector or relational databases.
• Create responsive, secure front‑end UIs with React.js and AI‑driven features.
• Build and deploy Python back‑end services and APIs, with robust error handling and security.
• Integrate OpenAI models and other LLM services into production apps.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, document patterns, and ensure SDLC compliance.

Skills

Full-stack AI/ML lifecycle

On-site work readiness

Communication with stakeholders

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in data science or CS/math/statistics

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

AutoGen

CrewAI

Azure OpenAI

OpenAI APIs

Anthropic Claude

Gemini

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Business Unit: Information Technology Group

Department: Information Technology

About BDO

BDO Unibank, Inc. is the Philippines’ leading full-service bank, offering a wide range of financial and digital banking services. Guided by our brand promise “We Find Ways,” we are committed to delivering easy, reliable, and customer-focused services. Build your career with a trusted industry leader.

Job Summary

The AI Specialist/Data Scientist is a fullstack AIengineer responsible for designing, developing, deploying, andmaintainingenterprise-grade AI applications, Generative AI (GenAI) solutions, Agentic AI systems, and intelligent digital experiences that deliver measurable business value.

The role combines software engineering, AI engineering, and product development capabilities, encompassing front-end development, backend services, AI orchestration, model integration, and cloud deployment. The incumbent will buildand supportscalable, secure, and production-ready AIsolutionsleveragingLarge Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI Agents, workflow orchestration frameworks, APIs, and cloud-native technologies. He/she is expected to work closely with business stakeholders, data scientists, AI architects, UX designers, platform engineers, and DevOps teams to transform business requirements into robust AI products and reusable AI services that accelerate the Bank's AI transformation journey.

Key Responsibilities:

AI Application Development and Support

Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade AI-powered applications using RAG architecture, agenticAI

Build end-to-end GenAI applications utilizing LLMs, RAG architectures, vector databases, and agent orchestration frameworks

Develop customer-facing and employee-facing AI solutions across web, mobile, and conversational channels

Translate business requirements into scalable AI application architectures

Develop reusable AI application components and reference pattern s

Develop data pipelines to ingest and store data to vector database or relational database

Front-End Development

Develop responsive, secure, and intuitive user interfaces using React.js

Build AI chat interfaces, agent dashboards, workflow management portals, and AI-assisted user experiences

Implement state management, authentication, authorization, and application security controls

Optimize user experience, accessibility, and application performanc e

Backend Services and API Engineering

Build and deploy backend services and APIs in Python, including data-driven and AI-powered feature s

Design and develop RESTful APIs to facilitate communication between front-end applications and backend services

Ensure robust error handling, authentication, and authorization mechanisms in API interactions

Collaborate with backend engineers to define API specifications and ensure seamless integration

Optimize API calls for performance and reliability, implementing strategies like pagination, batching, and caching

AI Solution Integration

Integrate OpenAI models and other LLM services into production applications

Embed and interact with generative AI models (e.g., via OpenAI or custom APIs) in the front - end, ensuring low latency and responsive UIs

Integrate AI capabilities into existing enterprise platforms and business processes

Connect AI solutions with APIs, databases, document repositories, workflow systems, and third- party application

Collaboration and Documentation

Translate business requirements into technical implementation

Participate in design reviews, sprint planning, and code reviews, providing constructive feedbac k

Communicate with business stakeholders to understand their needs and translate the requests to a technic al design

Execute testing

Document component libraries, data schemas, and integration patterns to adhere to SDLC policy

AI Governance and Compliance

Ensure compliance with Responsible AI policies, security standards, data privacy requirements

Implement guardrails against any Responsible AI risk

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in data science, Computer Science, Math/Statistics, or related fields
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in delivering production-grade AI or data-centric applications.
• Comfortable working across the full stack and the AI/ML development lifecycle
• Must be willing to work onsite and be assigned in Makati/Ortigas

Preferred Experience

• Experience building GenAI, RAG, Copilot, chatbot, or AI agent solutions.
• Experience integrating Azure OpenAI, OpenAI APIs, Anthropic Claude, Gemini, or equivalent LLM platforms.
• Experience implementing vector databases such as Azure AI Search
• Experience with LangChain , LangGraph , Semantic Kernel, AutoGen , CrewAI , or similar agent orchestration frameworks.
• Experience deploying AI solutions on Azure / AWS
• Experience building microservices and API-driven architectures.

BDO Unibank, Inc. provides equal opportunity to all qualified candidates. Hiring decisions are based on job requirements and candidate qualifications, and shall not be influenced by any consideration of race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), national or ethnic origin, or disability.

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