AI Software Engineer - VP/ED

OCBC Bank; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits

Learning & development

Wellbeing program

Job summary

OCBC Bank is recruiting an AI Software Engineer for the Group Wealth Engineering team in Singapore. You will help redefine how software is built with AI, creating AI-powered platforms and workflows that scale across hundreds of engineers.

You will work on agentic AI solutions, developer platforms, and AI-driven engineering processes, shaping the future of software delivery within OCBC. A senior contributor role in this transformation offers broad impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience delivering enterprise-scale applications and platforms.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Python, TypeScript, or Node.js.
• Experience building cloud-native applications and platforms on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, APIs, and platform engineering principles.
• Hands-on experience with modern CI/CD, DevOps, and software delivery practices.

Responsibilities

• Build AI-Powered Engineering Platforms: design and develop internal developer platforms and AI gateways.
• Develop Agentic Engineering Workflows: create intelligent workflows for code generation, reviews, testing, and deployment.
• Transform the Software Delivery Lifecycle: integrate AI into CI/CD toolchains to improve productivity and quality.
• Engineer Enterprise Knowledge Systems: maintain knowledge bases to power context-aware AI agents.
• Drive AI Adoption Across Engineering: define best practices and reference architectures for AI adoption.
• Lead by Example: contribute as a senior individual contributor on strategic programs.
• Measure and Optimize Outcomes: track productivity, quality, and business impact metrics.

Skills

Java

Python

TypeScript

Node.js

AWS

Azure

GCP

CI/CD

DevOps

APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

MCP

Vector databases

Orchestration frameworks

Agent-based architectures

AI APIs

Job description

WHO WE ARE:

As Singapore's longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires. Today, we're on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia's leading financial services partner for a sustainable future. We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here.

AI SOFTWARE ENGINEER Reimagine the Future of Software Engineering at OCBC

Why Join This is not a traditional software engineering role. You'll be joining an organization that is actively transforming how software is built through AI. The Group Wealth Engineering team sits at the intersection of a rapidly growing wealth management business and one of the most ambitious AI-enabled engineering transformations in the banking industry. As an AI Software Engineer within Group Wealth Engineering, you will help redefine how hundreds of engineers design, build, test, deploy, and operate software. You will work on cutting-edge agentic AI solutions, internal developer platforms, and AI-powered engineering workflows that directly influence how software is delivered across the organization. If you are passionate about combining software engineering excellence with AI innovation, this is an opportunity to create impact at scale while shaping the future of engineering within OCBC.

What Success Looks Like

You are a hands-on engineer, builder, and innovator who thrives on solving complex engineering challenges. You will architect and develop the platforms, agents, and automated workflows that embed AI into our software delivery lifecycle. Your work will help engineering teams move faster, improve software quality, and unlock new ways of working through AI. Beyond platform engineering, you will also contribute directly to strategic business and technology initiatives across Group Wealth Engineering, applying your expertise where it can create the greatest impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Build AI-Powered Engineering Platforms: Design and develop internal developer platforms, including AI gateways, agent orchestration frameworks, retrieval systems, and reusable engineering services that enable product teams to safely and effectively leverage AI.
• Develop Agentic Engineering Workflows: Design and implement intelligent workflows that automate software development activities, including code generation, code reviews, testing, vulnerability remediation, documentation, and deployment processes.
• Transform the Software Delivery Lifecycle: Integrate AI capabilities into CI/CD pipelines and engineering toolchains to improve developer productivity, software quality, operational resilience, and delivery velocity.
• Engineer Enterprise Knowledge Systems: Build and maintain knowledge platforms spanning codebases, architecture repositories, documentation, operational runbooks, and post-mortems to power context-aware AI agents and workflows.
• Drive AI Adoption Across Engineering: Partner with engineering teams to define best practices, reference architectures, and golden paths that accelerate safe and effective adoption of AI technologies.
• Lead by Example: Contribute as a senior individual contributor on critical business initiatives and strategic technology programs across Group Wealth Engineering when required.
• Measure and Optimize Outcomes: Define and track engineering productivity, quality, adoption, and business-impact metrics, continuously improving the effectiveness of AI-enabled software delivery.

What You'll Bring

Technical Expertise

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience delivering enterprise-scale applications and platforms.
• Strong proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Java, Python, TypeScript, or Node.js.
• Experience building cloud-native applications and platforms on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, APIs, and platform engineering principles.
• Hands-on experience with modern CI/CD, DevOps, and software delivery practices.

AI and Agentic Engineering Experience

• Practical experience working with large language models (LLMs), AI APIs, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures.
• Experience building AI-powered applications, copilots, agents, or workflow automation solutions.
• Familiarity with frameworks and tooling such as LangChain, LangGraph, MCP, vector databases, orchestration frameworks, and agent-based architectures.
• Strong understanding of AI governance, security, observability, and responsible AI practices.

Personal Attributes

• Builder mindset with a passion for experimentation and innovation.
• Strong problem-solving and systems-thinking abilities.
• Ability to influence without authority and drive technology adoption across teams.
• Curious, self-directed learner who stays at the forefront of AI and software engineering trends.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and helping shape emerging practices and standards.

Why This Role Is Unique

As Singapore's longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires. Today, we're on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia's leading financial services partner for a sustainable future. We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here.

What we offer:

• Competitive base salary.
• A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle.
• Community initiatives.
• Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities.
• Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.

As the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, we have grown from strength to strength to become a regional financial services group. With a deep history in Asia, we offer the most comprehensive coverage across ASEAN and Greater China, complemented with a presence in the leading economies of New York, London and Sydney. We are the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets with one of the world’s highest credit rating (Aa1 by Moody's and AA- by both Fitch and S&P). We offer private banking services through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals. Our insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia.