Lead AI Engineer - Transport Ops & Systems

Land Transport Authority (LTA) Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Land Transport Authority (LTA) Singapore is seeking a Senior/Executive AI Software Developer for the Transport AI Programme. You will design, develop, and maintain AI-powered applications that improve how Singapore's land transport network is sensed, managed, and optimized.

You will collaborate with data scientists, AI architects, and operations teams to translate models into production-grade software, with guardrails and monitoring to ensure safe, reliable operation in public services.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of software development experience, with at least 2 years working on AI or ML-integrated systems.
• Proficient in Python and familiar with LangChain, LlamaIndex, PyTorch.
• Experience with cloud-native development (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative, Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain AI-powered applications across transport use cases including operations and traffic management.
• Integrate large language models, computer vision models, and other AI/ML components into operational workflows.
• Evaluate inference engines (e.g., vLLM, TensorRT-LLM) and publish performance recommendations balancing speed, cost, and reliability.
• Build and maintain APIs, microservices, and data pipelines connecting AI capabilities to operational systems.
• Implement guardrails, observability tooling, and AI safety practices in production.

Skills

Python

LangChain

LlamaIndex

PyTorch

Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Observability

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Land Transport Authority (LTA) Singapore is seeking a Senior/Executive AI Software Developer for the Transport AI Programme. You will design, develop, and maintain AI-powered applications that improve how Singapore's land transport network is sensed, managed, and optimized.

You will collaborate with data scientists, AI architects, and operations teams to translate models into production-grade software, with guardrails and monitoring to ensure safe, reliable operation in public services.