Enterprise AI Scientist: Generative NLP & RAG Lead

REFINITIV ASIA PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Refinitiv Asia PTE. LTD. seeks an experienced Enterprise Data Scientist to lead AI/ML/NLP initiatives across the APAC region. You will design and deploy agentic AI systems, build POCs, and integrate with client workflows leveraging cloud platforms.

You will guide senior stakeholders, mentor teams in Singapore and wider APAC, and ensure governance and responsible AI practices align with regulatory expectations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data science or related field focusing on AI/ML/NLP, preferably senior/lead.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field; PhD a plus.
• Expertise in NLP and Generative AI with knowledge of LLMs and transformer architectures.
• Hands-on experience building agentic AI systems and multi-agent orchestration.
• Practical experience with RAG, embeddings, hybrid search, and retrieval evaluation.
• Experience fine-tuning large models with PEFT/LoRA, quantization, distillation; LLMOps basics.

Responsibilities

• Lead and run customer engagements across APAC with AI/ML/NLP focus.
• Co-create solutions addressing customer needs from ideation to technical design.
• Present complex AI concepts clearly to diverse stakeholders.
• Manage stakeholders and translate requirements into actionable solutions.
• Oversee development of POCs and integration with customer workflows.
• Design and deploy AI/ML solutions aligned with client infrastructure.
• Drive adoption of advanced AI technologies for high-value outcomes.
• Plan scaling strategies using cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Design and implement RAG pipelines and agentic AI systems.
• Establish LLMOps, guardrails, observability; ensure safe deployments.

Skills

AI & ML leadership

NLP & LLMs

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

LangGraph / AutoGen

Python & SQL

Cloud platforms

Data science workflow

Stakeholder management

LLMOps

Production systems

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/DS

PhD a plus

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Hugging Face

JAX

Kafka / Spark

MongoDB / DynamoDB

Elasticsearch

Pinecone / Weaviate

Job description

Refinitiv Asia PTE. LTD. seeks an experienced Enterprise Data Scientist to lead AI/ML/NLP initiatives across the APAC region. You will design and deploy agentic AI systems, build POCs, and integrate with client workflows leveraging cloud platforms.

You will guide senior stakeholders, mentor teams in Singapore and wider APAC, and ensure governance and responsible AI practices align with regulatory expectations.