AI Platform Backend Lead – Healthcare Orchestration

National University Health System; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

National University Health System invites you to contribute to SIMFONI, a national AI platform initiative for Singapore's public healthcare system. You will design, build, and support backend services powering the Conductor platform, enabling secure deployment, orchestration, governance, and monitoring of AI models and clinical decision support across NUHS and partners.

You will collaborate with clinicians, engineers, and national stakeholders to deliver scalable AI solutions, leveraging

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• 3-5+ years of experience in backend software engineering, platform development, or system integration.
• Strong experience in developing RESTful APIs, microservices, and enterprise applications.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, C#, Node.js, or similar programming languages.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Strong understanding of security, authentication, authorization, monitoring, and system reliability principles.
• Knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards (e.g. HL7, FHIR) and healthcare IT environments is advantageous.
• Excellent problem-solving, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Experience with AI/ML platforms, workflow orchestration, or clinical decision support systems.
• Experience supporting solution architecture reviews and enterprise governance processes.
• Professional certifications in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Agile, or DevOps methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, and microservices for the SIMFONI Conductor platform.
• Build integration frameworks and connectors to onboard AI models and agents using standardized interfaces.
• Develop orchestration capabilities for AI workflow execution, routing, and response management across multiple AI services.
• Integrate platform services with healthcare and enterprise systems such as Epic, HEALIX, EAI/ESB, Tandem, and cloud platforms.
• Implement governance, monitoring, audit logging, and security controls to support compliant and accountable AI operations.
• Support solution design, technical documentation, architecture reviews, and governance processes.
• Participate in testing, deployment, troubleshooting, production support, and continuous platform improvement.
• Collaborate with clinicians, product managers, technical teams, public healthcare institutions, and external partners to deliver scalable AI solutions.

Skills

REST APIs

Microservices

Python

Java

C#

Node.js

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Databases

Security

HL7/FHIR

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AWS

Azure

Job description

National University Health System invites you to contribute to SIMFONI, a national AI platform initiative for Singapore's public healthcare system. You will design, build, and support backend services powering the Conductor platform, enabling secure deployment, orchestration, governance, and monitoring of AI models and clinical decision support across NUHS and partners.

You will collaborate with clinicians, engineers, and national stakeholders to deliver scalable AI solutions, leveraging