AI Engineer (AIAP)

Nanyang Technological University; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NTU Singapore hosts AISG’s AI Apprenticeship Programme and seeks an AI Engineer to drive projects and spearhead cutting-edge AI technologies. You will mentor apprentices, lead AI-driven solutions, and coordinate program delivery across multiple LADP and LADP Enterprise streams.

You will work within NTU’s AI & Digital Economy office, collaborating with researchers and industry partners to push innovations in NLP, computer vision, and generative AI, while applying strong Python and MLOps practices.

Qualifications

• End-to-end AI project delivery from scoping to deployment.
• Experience with NLP/Computer Vision or tabular data problems.
• Hands-on production LLM apps and agentic systems.
• Strong Python and software engineering practices.
• Experience with MLOps and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).

Responsibilities

• Drive tasks from AIAP, LADP, and related programs.
• Mentor AI apprentices during phases of training and projects.
• Lead solution development for internal and external AI projects; perform research and maintain technologies.
• Plan LADP intakes and update the LADP syllabus.
• Oversee LADP Enterprise, Essentials, and portfolio activities.
• Support industry/community activities through talks and workshops.

Skills

AI project delivery

Applied ML

Generative AI & LLMs

Python

MLOps & Cloud

Communication

Mentorship

Tools

Docker

Git

CI/CD

LLM tooling

Job description

AISG is a national initiative driven by the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI), the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), and the National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF). AISG brings together Singapore-based research institutions and the broader ecosystem of AI start-ups and companies to support impactful research, develop talent and power Singapore's AI efforts. For more information on AI Singapore, please visit https://www.aisingapore.org. This position will be hosted at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) under VP (Artificial Intelligence & Digital Economy)’s office and we welcome you to join our community. The AI Apprenticeship Programme (AIAP) is a flagship initiative aimed at grooming local AI talent. We are looking for a driven AI Engineer to execute our programmes, lead AI-based projects, and spearhead the development of cutting-edge AI technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive tasks stemming from AIAP, AIAP (Industry), LADP, and AIIP.
• Train and mentor AI apprentices during the Deep-skilling and Project phases.
• Lead solution development for internal and external AI projects, performing research and maintaining AIAP technologies.
• Plan and execute LADP intakes and update the LADP syllabus.
• Oversee and contribute to LADP Enterprise, Essentials, and the wider portfolio of LADP programmes.
• Support industry and community-building activities through talks, workshops, and seminars.

Requirements

• End-to-End Project Delivery: Have a strong portfolio of AI/ML project(s) that showcases ability to deliver solutions from scoping and data analysis through to deployment and documentation.
• Applied Machine Learning: Possess deep, practical knowledge of machine learning fundamentals, with proven experience applying algorithms to solve problems in areas like NLP, Computer Vision, or on tabular data.
• Generative AI & LLMs: Hands-on experience building production LLM applications and designing agentic systems: prompt and context engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (including graph-based retrieval), tool use, state and control flow design, orchestration frameworks, and the tracing, guardrails, and evaluations that make them reliable. Basic knowledge of fine-tuning, parameter-efficient adaptation, dataset construction, and evaluation.
• Problem Scoping & Prioritisation: Proven ability to qualify a use case before development begins, assessing whether the business pain is real, whether the data is approved, representative and current, and whether GenAI is the appropriate tool at all. Comfortable reducing an ambitious business brief to a technical scope that is both useful and deliverable within a fixed timeline, and confident raising the case for changing direction early.
• Software Engineering Excellence: Demonstrates expert-level Python skills and a strong commitment to Software Engineering best practices, writing code that is clean, modular, and maintainable.
• AI-Assisted Development: Highly fluent with agentic coding tools, and able to use them to ship at speed across unfamiliar codebases. Equally able to hold engineering judgement at the points that matter, reviewing, rejecting, and rewriting generated code rather than shipping it unexamined.
• MLOps & Cloud Proficiency: Fluent in the essential MLOps toolkit, including Git, Docker, and CI/CD principles. Have experience building data and model pipelines on at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Passionate Mentor: Eager to develop AI talent across the full range, from apprentices to industry professionals learning to build for the first time, and to contribute to AISG Innovation’s collaborative and supportive team culture.
• Excellent Communicator: Can articulate complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences with clarity and confidence. Comfortable guiding learners to build solutions themselves rather than building on their behalf.
• Lifelong Learner: Possess a strong sense of curiosity and are driven to stay current in the fast-evolving world of artificial intelligence.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution

NTU A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Engineering, Business, Science, Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, and Graduate colleges. It also has a medical school, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, established jointly with Imperial College London. NTU is also home to world-class autonomous institutes – the National Institute of Education, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory of Singapore, and Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering – and various leading research centres such as the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI) and Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N). Ranked amongst the world’s top universities by QS, NTU has also been named the world’s top young university for the past seven years. The University’s main campus is frequently listed among the Top 15 most beautiful university campuses in the world and has 57 Green Mark-certified (equivalent to LEED-certified) buildings, of which 95% are certified Green Mark Platinum. Apart from its main campus, NTU also has a campus in Novena, Singapore’s healthcare district. Under the NTU Smart Campus vision, the University harnesses the power of digital technology and tech-enabled solutions to support better learning and living experiences, the discovery of new knowledge, and the sustainability of resources. For more information, visit www.ntu.edu.sg About NIE About RSIS About LKCMedicine About NTUItive