Senior AI Backend Engineer — APAC Platform Impact

Publicis Groupe Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Groupe Singapore is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the APAC AI Development Hub. You will build and productionise AI and automation solutions, turning prototypes into scalable products while guiding junior engineers and upholding engineering standards.

You will design backend services and APIs, collaborate with data scientists and product teams, and ensure secure, reliable deployments across APAC markets.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong backend coding in Python/Go/Java/Node.js.
• Experience designing APIs and backend services.
• Experience with AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Familiar with containers, CI/CD, monitoring and security basics.
• Solid system design, scalability and reliability understanding.
• Ability to work independently through design, implementation and deployment.
• Excellent communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Mentoring junior engineers via code reviews and guidance.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable backend services, APIs, integrations and platform components supporting AI and automation products.
• Work with the Platform Lead to translate product and business requirements into technical solutions.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, product and UX to integrate models, data and features into production applications.
• Contribute to technical design and architecture discussions, identifying practical approaches and trade-offs.
• Build and maintain deployment pipelines, monitoring and other engineering practices needed to operate services reliably.
• Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code and participate actively in code reviews.
• Support junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, knowledge sharing and pair problem-solving.
• Help establish and maintain pragmatic engineering standards and development practices across the team.
• Troubleshoot technical issues and proactively identify risks, dependencies and blockers.
• Ensure appropriate security, privacy and compliance considerations are incorporated into solutions deployed across APAC markets.
• Work with internal and external teams to integrate solutions with existing platforms and client technology environments.

Skills

4+ years experience

Python

Go

Java

Node.js

APIs & Integrations

Independent delivery

Agile / fast-paced

Communication

Mentoring

Security fundamentals

System design

Reliability

Containers

CI/CD

Monitoring

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Publicis Groupe Singapore is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the APAC AI Development Hub. You will build and productionise AI and automation solutions, turning prototypes into scalable products while guiding junior engineers and upholding engineering standards.

You will design backend services and APIs, collaborate with data scientists and product teams, and ensure secure, reliable deployments across APAC markets.