Backend Engineer - AI Solutions - A26300

United States Digital Space LLC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fun environment

Wellness program

Govt projects experience

Development framework

Job summary

Activate is a leading technology consultancy in Singapore. We seek a Backend Engineer to design, build, and operate secure backend services enabling AI, ML and generative AI solutions for government use cases.

You will collaborate with product, policy, data, cybersecurity, DevOps, and platform teams to translate needs into reliable production systems, implement responsible AI controls, and ensure secure deployments across government environments, including GCC where applicable.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of experience in AI engineering, machine learning engineering, data science, software engineering, or related roles.
• Hands-on experience developing backend services, APIs, integrations, or components for AI-enabled, enterprise or government digital services.
• Strong Python programming with API development and testing.
• Experience with large language models, embeddings, vector databases, or retrieval-augmented generation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement backend services that support AI-enabled, government-focused digital services.
• Translate business, policy, and operational requirements into designs, specs, and implementation plans.
• Build and maintain backend services for model pipelines, prompt workflows, and evaluation scripts.
• Conduct model and solution testing for accuracy, reliability, safety, bias, and fitness-for-purpose.
• Support implementation of responsible AI controls, including governance and explainability measures.
• Collaborate with DevOps, cybersecurity, data, and platform teams to deploy secure AI solutions.
• Provide technical support and optimization across development, UAT, staging, and production environments.

Skills

Python programming

API development

AI/ML libraries

LLM frameworks

CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps practices

Cloud platforms

Troubleshooting

Documentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related IT field

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

Vector databases

APIs testing

Job description

the company (“Activate”) is a leading technology consultancy headquartered in Singapore with a presence in Malaysia and Indonesia. Our clients are empowered with quality, cost-effective, and impactful end-to-end application development, like mobile and web applications, and cloud technology that remove technology roadblocks and increase their business efficiency.

We believe in positively impacting the lives of people around us and the environment we live in through the use of technology. Hence, we are committed to providing a conducive environment for all employees to realize their full potential, who in turn have the opportunity to continuously drive innovation.

We are searching for our next team members to join our growing team.

If you love the idea of being part of a growing company with exciting prospects in mobile and web technologies that create positive impact on people’s lives, then we would love to hear from you.

*This is a 12 months fixed-term contract role.*

What will you do?

As a Backend Engineer, you will design, build, deploy, and operate secure backend services that enable AI, machine learning, and generative AI solutions for government systems and digital services. You will work closely with product, policy, data, cybersecurity, DevOps, and platform teams to translate operational needs into reliable, production-ready systems. You are a proactive, self-motivated, and resourceful team member with strong software engineering fundamentals, backend development experience, and an interest in applying backend engineering practices to AI-enabled products and platforms.

• Design, develop, and implement backend services that support machine learning, generative AI, and other intelligent digital services for government use cases.
• Translate business, policy, and operational requirements into solution designs, technical specifications, and implementation plans.
• Build and maintain backend services for model pipelines, prompt workflows, retrieval-augmented generation solutions, APIs, integrations, and evaluation scripts.
• Conduct model and solution testing to assess accuracy, reliability, robustness, safety, bias, and fitness-for-purpose.
• Support the implementation of responsible AI controls, including guardrails, human oversight, audit logs, access controls, and explainability measures.
• Work with DevOps, cybersecurity, data, and platform teams to deploy AI solutions securely on approved government environments, including GCC where applicable.
• Support monitoring of deployed solutions for model drift, hallucination risks, performance degradation, operational errors, and security concerns.
• Assist in risk reviews, security compliance activities, vulnerability assessments, remediation tracking, and audit documentation.
• Provide technical support, troubleshooting, and optimization for AI solutions across development, UAT, staging, and production environments.

Requirements

* Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a relevant IT field with 1–2 years of experience in AI engineering, machine learning engineering, data science, software engineering, or related technical roles.

• Hands-on experience developing backend services, APIs, integrations, or application components that support AI-enabled, enterprise, or government digital services.
• Strong programming experience in Python, with familiarity in API development, testing, and commonly used AI / machine learning libraries or frameworks.
• Experience with large language models, prompt engineering, embeddings, vector databases, retrieval-augmented generation, or AI agent workflows.
• Good understanding of data preparation, model evaluation, MLOps / LLMOps, monitoring, logging, and production support practices.
• Understanding of responsible AI, AI governance, data protection, security, privacy, and risk management considerations in the government context.
• Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, GCC, or other approved enterprise cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, DevSecOps, version control, testing, monitoring, logging, and operational support processes.
• Strong troubleshooting methodology and ability to resolve issues across data, model, application, integration, and infrastructure layers.
• Good communication and documentation skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience implementing AI-enabled solutions in government, public sector, or regulated industry environments.
• Familiarity with responsible AI frameworks, AI safety testing, model evaluation, redteaming, and risk assessment approaches.
• Exposure to AWS AI / ML services, GCC environments, SHIP-HATS, GitLab CI/CD, or similar secure delivery platforms.
• Knowledge of enterprise monitoring, log analytics, security monitoring, and automated evaluation pipelines.
• Experience working in collaborative environments and Agile development methodologies.
• Strong analytical thinking, systematic problem-solving, and the ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities.

Benefits What do we offer in return?

• Fun working environment
• Employee Wellness Program
• To work in Singapore Government Agencies projects
• We provide structured development framework and growth opportunities. (We are a “SHRI 2025 Gold winner” in “Learning \& Development; Coaching \& Mentoring”)

Why you'll love working with us?

If you are looking for opportunities to collaborate with leading industry experts and be surrounded by highly motivated and talented peers, we welcome you to join us. We provide all employees with equal opportunities to grow and develop with us. We believe your success is our success.

Does it sound like something you are interested in exploring further?

the company Singapore is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications and abilities. the company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, colour, religion, gender, sexuality, national origin, age, disability, marital status or any other characteristics protected by law.

Protecting your privacy and the security of your data are longstanding top priorities for the company.

Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing the company’s recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes.

Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.activate.sg/privacy-policy) to know more about how we collect, use, and transfer the personal data of our candidates. Here you can find how you can request for access, correction and/or withdrawal of your Personal Data.