Lead Full-Stack Engineer for AI-Driven Production Tools

REFINERY MEDIA PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

REFINERY MEDIA PTE. LTD. is seeking a senior software engineer to shape the product, architecture, and technical direction from the ground up.

You will work directly with the founding team and production users to turn messy workflows into reliable software, spanning frontend, backend, database, and deployment decisions. You will lead the integration of AI workflows, design secure handling of assets, and build internal tools and dashboards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong experience with React, Next.js, TypeScript, or equivalent frontend frameworks.
• Strong backend experience with Node.js, Python, or similar.
• Experience with Postgres, Supabase, Firebase, or similar platforms.
• Experience shipping production web applications.
• Good judgment around auth, data security, reliability, and maintainability.
• Comfortable working in an early-stage environment with incomplete information.
• Product-minded and able to think beyond tickets.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship core product features across the full stack.
• Own frontend, backend, database, auth, and deployment decisions.
• Integrate AI and LLM workflows into practical user-facing product flows.
• Design secure handling of scripts, documents, and production IP.
• Build internal tools, dashboards, and workflow automations.
• Work directly with founders and users to turn ambiguity into shipped software.
• Set engineering standards for future technical hires.
• Make pragmatic architecture decisions that balance speed, quality, and runway.

Skills

Software engineering

Frontend: React/Next.js/TS

Backend: Node.js/Python

Databases: Postgres/Supabase/Firebase

Security & reliability

Auth & deployment decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Product-minded thinking

Tools

LLM APIs

AI workflows

Job description

REFINERY MEDIA PTE. LTD. is seeking a senior software engineer to shape the product, architecture, and technical direction from the ground up.

You will work directly with the founding team and production users to turn messy workflows into reliable software, spanning frontend, backend, database, and deployment decisions. You will lead the integration of AI workflows, design secure handling of assets, and build internal tools and dashboards.