Senior AI Engineer — AI Solutions & Mentorship Lead

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AI Singapore (AISG) in partnership with the SAF AI Centre (SAIC) seeks an experienced AI engineer to develop and deploy AI solutions, mentor engineers, and advance SAF’s AI capabilities.

The role covers problem scoping, data prep, model evaluation, deployment, and knowledge transfer. Singapore citizenship is required due to project security requirements and collaboration with national defense partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Data Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in software, ML engineering or applied AI with production deployment.
• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow or scikit-learn).
• Familiarity with Git, Docker, CI/CD pipelines and API integration is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI solutions from problem scoping and data preparation through model evaluation, integration and deployment.
• Build and enhance ML pipelines, LLM apps, RAG systems and agent workflows.
• Apply engineering practices including automated testing, CI/CD, model monitoring and documentation.
• Provide technical mentorship through pair programming, code reviews and architecture discussions.
• Develop training materials and contribute to AI workshops and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Support development of job-skills mappings, competency assessments and ethical standards.
• Guide engineers in developing project portfolios and AI engineer certification.
• Contribute to deployment targets and knowledge transfer to project teams.

Skills

Python programming

Strong communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science or related

Tools

Git

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

API integration

Job description

AI Singapore (AISG) in partnership with the SAF AI Centre (SAIC) seeks an experienced AI engineer to develop and deploy AI solutions, mentor engineers, and advance SAF’s AI capabilities.

The role covers problem scoping, data prep, model evaluation, deployment, and knowledge transfer. Singapore citizenship is required due to project security requirements and collaboration with national defense partners.