Data Scientist BI Specialist

BDO Unibank; Philippines; On-site; PHP 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO Unibank, Inc. is Philippines’ leading full-service bank and a trusted industry leader seeking an AI Specialist/Data Scientist.

You will design, develop, deploy, and maintain enterprise-grade AI applications, GenAI solutions, and AI agents that deliver measurable business value across web, mobile, and conversational channels. You will work with stakeholders, data scientists, AI architects, and DevOps to transform requirements into robust AI products and reusable AI services supporting the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in data science, CS, math/statistics, or related fields
• 3–5 years of production-grade AI or data-centric application delivery
• Experience across full stack and AI/ML development lifecycle
• Willingness to work onsite in Makati/Ortigas

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade AI-powered applications using GenAI and RAG
• Build end-to-end GenAI apps with LLMs, vector stores, and agent orchestration
• Develop frontend UIs with React.js and secure authentication/authorization
• Design backend services and RESTful APIs in Python
• Integrate OpenAI models and other LLM services into production apps
• Collaborate with stakeholders and document architectures

Skills

GenAI development

AI model integration

RESTful APIs design

Front-end development (React.js)

Python backend development

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Math/Data Science

Tools

React.js

Python

Azure OpenAI

OpenAI APIs

LangChain

Azure/AWS cloud

Job description

Job Description:

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 AIsolutionleveragingLarge 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 Banks 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 patternS
• 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 performance

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 feedback
• Communicate with business stakeholders to understand their needs and translate the requests to a technical 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.