Data Scientist - A26276

Activate Interactive; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fun working environment

Employee Wellness Program

Singapore government agencies projects

Structured development framework

Job summary

Activate Interactive Pte Ltd, a leading technology consultancy in Singapore, seeks a Data Scientist for a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will design data pipelines, develop production ML models, and work with a cross-functional data team.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in data science and hands-on experience with Databricks and cloud platforms. The role focuses on building scalable data solutions for enterprise clients, enabling advanced analytics and GenAI readiness in a dynamic,

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field with 8+ years of experience in data science.
• Experience deploying data models and ML models in production at scale.
• Experience with design and development of data pipelines, backend services, and analytics layer.

Responsibilities

• Design and build data pipelines powering data ingestion, processing and access.
• Develop and maintain production-ready data and ML models.
• Form hypotheses from data to guide collection and architecture decisions.
• Support hypothesis testing across use cases to identify scalable opportunities.
• Collaborate with data team on analytics outputs to ensure meaningful results.
• Document model development decisions and pipeline designs.
• Assist in transferring data science capabilities to internal teams.

Skills

Data modelling

ML deployment

Collaboration

Hypothesis testing

Documentation

Education

Degree in CS/Engineering/Data Science

Tools

Databricks

AWS

Job description

Activate Interactive Pte Ltd (\"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. Ideal to start work on 1st Sept 2026.

What will you do?

The Data Scientist shall be responsible for the following:

• Work closely with the data team on the design and build of data pipelines and backend services powering data ingestion, processing, and access across the platform


• Develop and maintain data models and ML models, ensuring they are production-ready and aligned with platform use cases


• Assess available data to form hypotheses on how data can be used for data science and ML use cases, informing the data collection and architecture approach


• Support hypothesis testing across candidate use cases to identify which have potential for further development


• Work with the data team on the analytics layer to ensure data models and outputs are accessible and meaningful to downstream consumers


• Produce documentation covering model development decisions and pipeline design


• Work closely with internal team members to progressively transfer data science and ML modelling capability
  
  

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field with 8+ years of experience in data science


• Proven experience developing and deploying data models and ML models in production environments at scale


• Ability to work collaboratively with data engineers on pipeline design, backend services, and analytics layer development


• Experience with modern data platform tooling (e.g. Databricks or equivalent), delivered on AWS or comparable cloud infrastructure


• Proven track record leading data science delivery for data platforms at national or large and complex scale, having served as the lead data scientist for the majority of the project's duration, including demonstrated experience delivering comparable projects internationally at city-level or above, beyond the Singapore market


• Familiarity with standard IoT and industrial messaging protocols (e.g. MQTT, AMQP, OPC-UA) for ingesting data from sensors, robotics, and industrial equipment


• Experience with robotics data formats and the ingestion and processing of sensor or field-equipment data streams is preferred


• Experience preparing data infrastructure for GenAI use cases, including building pipelines that support large language model or retrieval-augmented generation workloads, is preferred


• Experience building ingestion pipelines for robotics or field-sensor data, including familiarity with robotics telemetry, is preferred.
  
  

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.

Activate Interactive Singapore is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications and abilities. Activate Interactive Pte Ltd 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.

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