Forward Deployed Engineer - BytePlus Singapore Regular

ByteDance; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance is looking for a skilled software developer to rapidly develop and debug AI applications that achieve production-grade deployment. The candidate will work closely with customers to understand their business scenarios and design solutions while ensuring compliance with security requirements.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related fields and over 3 years of software development experience, particularly in AI applications and cloud architecture.

Qualifications

• More than 3 years of software development experience.
• Hands-on experience in building AI applications.
• Experience in cloud-based architecture design.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI application prototypes for validation.
• Design AI- and cloud-based architectures.
• Build high-performance evaluation pipelines.
• Work with customers’ engineering teams for deployment.

Skills

Vibe Coding

AI application development

Cloud architecture design

Prompt Engineering

Fine-Tuning

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Agent system development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics

Job description

Job Overview

Embedded in customer environments, this role will rapidly develop and debug AI applications to accomplish production‑grade deployment, while driving product feature iteration.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of customers’ business scenarios, rapidly build AI application prototypes for validation, and continuously iterate them into production‑grade Agent systems.
• Design AI‑ and cloud‑based architectures, and leverage AI‑assisted development to rapidly implement solutions within customer environments, effectively integrating with customers’ application APIs and data systems while complying with their security requirements.
• Build high‑performance evaluation pipelines and observability frameworks to ensure Agent systems meet requirements for accuracy, safety, and latency.
• Identify reusable application patterns and technical challenges, translate them into product feature requests, and help drive product evolution and improvement.
• Work closely with customers’ engineering teams to ensure successful deployment of AI applications, achieving long‑term stability, high adoption rates, and sustained business value.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent hands‑on experience.
• More than 3 years of software development experience, with strong proficiency in Vibe Coding and substantial practical application of it in real‑world projects.
• Hands‑on experience building AI applications, including areas such as Prompt Engineering, Fine‑Tuning, Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG), and Agent development.
• Experience in cloud‑based architecture design and development, including developing with cloud service APIs/SDKs, automated deployment, and designing highly available and scalable systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing complex Agent systems, with proficiency in using open‑source or commercial Agent development frameworks such as LangGraph, CrewAI, or Agent development SDKs provided by cloud service providers.
• Experience delivering AI solutions for one or more industries, including but not limited to education, healthcare, automotive, financial services, telecommunications, and other sectors.