APAC Lead AI Forward-Deployed Engineer

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

Job summary

CHAGEE seeks a Lead AI Forward Deployed Engineer for its APAC region, based in Singapore. You will be the first dedicated AI engineering hire, hands-on for six months as technical lead, then build and lead a team of Forward Deployed Engineers.

You will collaborate with business leaders across supply chain, retail, marketing, franchise and corporate functions to translate high-value problems into production AI solutions using leading cloud platforms and model providers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/SE/AI or related field.
• 5+ years in software development and architecture, with 2+ years delivering LLM apps.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, cloud-native (Docker/Kubernetes) and multi-tenant architecture.
• Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript, with FastAPI/Next.js experience.
• Experience with agent orchestration and RAG frameworks; familiarity with vector databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI deployment across APAC with cloud providers and vendors to design and deliver solutions.
• Design regional AI infrastructure, including LLM API gateway, vector DBs and orchestration frameworks.
• Own cost, security and compliance for AI services across APAC markets.
• Act as the region's AI spearhead, building showcase projects and setting standards.
• Form and coach a growing team of Forward Deployed Engineers.
• Partner with AWS, Alibaba Cloud, AI vendors and software vendors on design and negotiations.
• Collaborate with operations, product and supply chain to map technical blueprints to roadmaps.
• Work with IT, data, infra and security teams to ensure AI apps connect to ERP and POS.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

FastAPI

Next.js

LLM apps

Agent orchestration

RAG frameworks

Docker/Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Vector databases

System design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, AI or related field

Tools

Claude

GPT

AWS Bedrock

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Pinecone

Milvus

Qdrant

Dify

Cursor

Job description

CHAGEE seeks a Lead AI Forward Deployed Engineer for its APAC region, based in Singapore. You will be the first dedicated AI engineering hire, hands-on for six months as technical lead, then build and lead a team of Forward Deployed Engineers.

You will collaborate with business leaders across supply chain, retail, marketing, franchise and corporate functions to translate high-value problems into production AI solutions using leading cloud platforms and model providers.