AI Platform Engineer for Public-Sector EdTech

Government Technology Agency; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GovTech in Singapore is hiring software engineers to join MOE's AI Platform & Capability Programme. You will help build AI-native products and reliable platforms that support education and HQ workflows, from design to production, with strong emphasis on governance and security.

The role demands translating ambiguous needs into robust software, collaborating with product managers, data scientists, and governance colleagues, while delivering observable, testable systems for public sector use.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals including design, testing and deployment.
• Ability to explain trade-offs clearly and defend technical positions.
• Comfort with ambiguity and turning needs into actionable products.
• Experience with AI-native engineering and responsible AI practices.
• Pragmatic choice of durable tools over novelty when appropriate.
• Ownership mindset across deployment, monitoring and feedback.

Responsibilities

• Build AI-enabled products and platform components for MOE.
• Work on LLM integration, agentic workflows and evaluation harnesses.
• Turn ambiguous education or HQ problems into maintainable software.
• Create production features for procurement automation and learning tools.
• Collaborate with product managers, data scientists and governance.

Skills

System design

Testing

Version control

CI/CD

Observability

Security

Maintainable code

Engineering judgement

Ambiguity tolerance

AI-native engineering

Ownership mindset

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Python

TypeScript

Go

PostgreSQL

Containerised deployment

Cloud services

Job description

GovTech in Singapore is hiring software engineers to join MOE's AI Platform & Capability Programme. You will help build AI-native products and reliable platforms that support education and HQ workflows, from design to production, with strong emphasis on governance and security.

The role demands translating ambiguous needs into robust software, collaborating with product managers, data scientists, and governance colleagues, while delivering observable, testable systems for public sector use.