Hands-on CTO: AI Platform & Product Leader

Talent@Web3; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent@Web3 is seeking a hands-on CTO in Singapore to steer technology strategy and execution. You will translate AI capabilities into reliable products, guide a small team, and own delivery from prototype to production.

The role blends architecture, customer engagement, and leadership with direct hands-on coding when needed. You will lead the architecture, evaluate new methods, and ensure rigorous deployment standards while coordinating with researchers and collaborators to deliver

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building and deploying LLM-based systems (RAG, document intelligence, or agentic workflows).
• Proven track record shipping production software with ownership of architecture and delivery.
• Strong backend, APIs, data pipelines, and deployment infrastructure skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical roadmap and architecture translating business priorities into a focused plan.
• Lead AI product development including memory, multimodal capabilities, and agent workflows.
• Stay hands-on with coding, reviews, debugging, and setting quality standards.
• Define benchmarks for accuracy, latency, and cost with production feedback.
• Bridge research to commercial outcomes, balancing exploration with delivery commitments.
• Build and mentor engineers, align AI with platform engineering, and manage a mixed team.
• Engage with customers/partners to scope pilots and guide them to production.
• Deliver enterprise-ready systems with appropriate security, privacy, and audits.

Skills

LLM systems

Backend design

Team leadership

Prototype coding

Product delivery

Cloud deployment

Tools

Python

Java/Spring

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Job description

Talent@Web3 is seeking a hands-on CTO in Singapore to steer technology strategy and execution. You will translate AI capabilities into reliable products, guide a small team, and own delivery from prototype to production.

The role blends architecture, customer engagement, and leadership with direct hands-on coding when needed. You will lead the architecture, evaluate new methods, and ensure rigorous deployment standards while coordinating with researchers and collaborators to deliver