Director, AI Platform & Healthcare Systems

National University Health System; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

National University Health System is seeking an experienced Platform Engineering Leader to design and drive the SIMFONI Conductor backend, ensuring secure deployment, orchestration, governance, and monitoring of AI models and CDSS across Singapore's public healthcare institutions.

You will lead backend engineers, collaborate with clinicians, data and IT teams, and shape technical strategy, standards, and roadmaps to deliver enterprise-grade, interoperable platform capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IS or related discipline.
• 8–10+ years of software/platform engineering or enterprise integration experience.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering large-scale tech initiatives.
• Strong experience developing enterprise-grade APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, C#, Node.js, or equivalent technologies.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Familiarity with containerisation and DevOps including Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and automated testing.
• Experience with enterprise integration patterns, middleware platforms, and healthcare interoperability standards.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, technical direction, and roadmap for the SIMFONI Conductor backend platform.
• Establish engineering standards, security controls, and governance frameworks.
• Drive platform scalability, reliability, interoperability, and long-term maintainability.
• Guide decision-making across platform services, integrations, and AI enablement.
• Lead and mentor backend engineering teams; oversee project planning, resources, and releases.
• Ensure timely delivery of platform capabilities aligned with programme objectives.
• Oversee development of backend services, APIs, microservices, and orchestration.
• Integrate AI models, health systems, and enterprise platforms via scalable service frameworks.
• Collaborate with clinicians, healthcare institutions, and partners to align technical delivery with goals.
• Oversee governance reviews, procurement activities, and architecture boards.
• Manage platform monitoring, security controls, and production readiness.

Skills

Python

Java

C#

Node.js

Distributed systems

Enterprise APIs

DevOps

Healthcare interoperability

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / Information Systems

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

AWS / Azure

HL7 / FHIR

Job description

National University Health System is seeking an experienced Platform Engineering Leader to design and drive the SIMFONI Conductor backend, ensuring secure deployment, orchestration, governance, and monitoring of AI models and CDSS across Singapore's public healthcare institutions.

You will lead backend engineers, collaborate with clinicians, data and IT teams, and shape technical strategy, standards, and roadmaps to deliver enterprise-grade, interoperable platform capabilities.