AI Backend Engineer - Python, LLMs, Azure (Hybrid)

SCIENTEC CONSULTING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 24 days leave

Medical insurance

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

SCIENTEC CONSULTING PTE. LTD. is seeking an AI Engineer to join a Singapore-led initiative within the Smart Nation and Digital Government space.

You will design, build, and operate backend services and AI-powered capabilities, working in a hybrid setup at Pasir Panjang. You will collaborate with product teams and partner organizations, own features end-to-end, and ensure reliability, scalability, and secure deployments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4–5 years of backend software engineering experience.
• Strong Python backend development with FastAPI or Flask.
• Experience with cloud platforms, especially Azure.
• Familiarity with LLMs, RAG architectures, and vector databases.
• Experience with prompt engineering is a plus.
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and RESTful APIs using Python.
• Own backend feature development end-to-end from design to deployment.
• Build and maintain integrations with internal platforms and third-party services.
• Develop AI-powered backend capabilities for document ingestion and knowledge processing.
• Design data processing pipelines for reliable information retrieval.
• Work with relational and non-relational databases for scalable systems.
• Debug production issues and improve reliability and observability.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and partner teams to deliver backend solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and uphold CI/CD, security, and maintainability.
• Contribute to platform architecture and developer experience improvements.

Skills

Python

FastAPI/Flask

Azure

LLMs

RAG architectures

Vector databases

JavaScript/TypeScript

Node.js

Tools

Git

SQL

NoSQL

CI/CD

Pinecone

Weaviate

pgvector

Job description

SCIENTEC CONSULTING PTE. LTD. is seeking an AI Engineer to join a Singapore-led initiative within the Smart Nation and Digital Government space.

You will design, build, and operate backend services and AI-powered capabilities, working in a hybrid setup at Pasir Panjang. You will collaborate with product teams and partner organizations, own features end-to-end, and ensure reliability, scalability, and secure deployments.