Algorithm Expert

GoTo Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech ecosystem in Singapore is seeking an algorithm member for its Search and Recommendations Platform team. The role involves designing and implementing algorithms for search and recommendations, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving business impact. Candidates should have a Master's degree in a relevant field and experience with search systems. Strong programming skills in Python, C++, or Java are required. Join a dynamic team that builds core capabilities across the digital economy.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Machine Learning, NLP, CV, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with search/recommendation systems.
• Demonstrated ability to innovate with new algorithms or tools.
• Strong product intuition based on user behavior data.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement algorithms for search and recommendation systems.
• Build advanced user behavior models using LLMs.
• Plan the next 6 months roadmap and lead junior members.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams.

Skills

Programming skills in Python

Programming skills in C++

Programming skills in Java

Experience with search/recommendation systems

Familiarity with LLMs

Good communication skills in English

Education

Master's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field

Job description

About the Role

As an algorithm member in the Search and Recommendations Platform team, you will work alongside top talent in China and Singapore to shape the intelligence behind GoFood and GoPay systems. You will design and deploy cutting‑edge search, recommendations, and monetisation models that power on‑demand and financial use cases across Indonesia. In your first six months, you will play a key role in launching foundational platform capabilities and collaborating with business‑facing data science teams, to drive business impact and improve user experience.

What You Will Do

• Design and implement algorithms for search, recommendation, or advertising systems to drive discovery and conversion across Goto products.
• Build advanced user behaviour models and query/assortment understanding models using LLMs and LLVMs to improve matching accuracy between users, queries, and items across search and recommendation systems.
• Plan at least the next 6 months roadmap and lead junior members to design and implement solutions, and evaluate the performance.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and business‑facing data science teams to define problems, run experiments, and deploy solutions at scale.

What You Will Need

• Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Machine Learning, NLP, CV, or a related field; strong programming skills in Python, C++, or Java.
• Hands‑on experience with search/ recommendation/ads systems, with proven improvements to ranking, retrieval, or ad targeting models.
• Familiarity with LLMs and/or LLVMs, with experience integrating them into search or recommendation pipelines a strong plus.
• Demonstrated ability to innovate with new algorithms or tools and drive measurable impact, especially making use of Large language Models (LLMs) and Large Language and Vision models (LLVMs) in search modeling or recommendation modeling.
• Strong product intuition and ability to reason from user behavior data and traffic patterns.
• Good communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• Self‑motivated, curious, and excited by the opportunity to build high‑impact systems quickly.

About the Team

We’re a growing team of algorithm members and engineers spread across China and Singapore. We build the core search and recommendation platform capabilities to power use cases all across the GoTo universe. Everyone on the team shares a bias towards action and a passion for deploying models and strategies to real‑world problems – where it’s improving ranking and relevance accuracy, scaling LLM‑powered retrieval, or personalising customer journeys.

We believe algorithms and engine applications are team sports. We work openly, challenge ideas with curiosity, and support one another to build systems that move the business forward.

About GoTo Group

GoTo Group is the largest digital ecosystem in Indonesia with its mission to “Empower Progress” by offering technological infrastructure and solutions for everyone to access and thrive in the digital economy. The GoTo ecosystem consists of on‑demand transportation services, food and grocery delivery, logistics and fulfillment, as well as financial and payment services through the Gojek and GoTo Financial platforms. It is the first platform in Southeast Asia that hosts these crucial cases in a single ecosystem, capturing the majority of Indonesia’s vast consumer household.

About Gojek

Gojek is Southeast Asia’s leading on‑demand platform and pioneer of the multi‑service ecosystem with over 2.5 million driver partners across the regions offering a wide range of services such as transportation, food delivery, logistics and more. With its mission to create impact at scale, Gojek is committed to resolving consumer problems and raising standards of living by connecting consumers to the best providers of goods and services in the market.

About GoTo Financial

GoTo Financial accelerates financial inclusion through its leading financial services and merchants solutions. Its consumer services include GoPay and GoPayLater and serve businesses of all sizes through Midtrans, Moka, GoBiz Plus, GoBiz, and Selly. With its trusted and inclusive ecosystem of products, GoTo Financial is open to new growth opportunities and aims to empower everyone to Make It Happen, Make It Together, Make It Last.

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