Senior AI Product Engineer — Platform & API Architect

NSCALE OPERATIONS APAC PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

NSCALE OPERATIONS APAC PTE. LTD. is seeking an experienced software engineer to lead technical design and end-to-end delivery for major product subsystems.

You will own architectural decisions, set quality standards, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with AI platform, infrastructure, and product teams. This role emphasizes cloud-native patterns, scalable services, and clear communication of complex technical decisions to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of software engineering experience.
• Deep expertise in backend or full-stack development at scale (Python, TypeScript, Go, or similar).
• Proven experience designing and operating API platforms or developer-facing cloud services.
• Strong track record of owning and delivering complex, multi-sprint projects end-to-end.
• Experience with cloud-native architecture: Kubernetes, distributed systems, observability stacks.
• Experience building services with clear control plane / data plane separation; familiarity with cell-based or ring-based architecture patterns for cloud service scalability and fault isolation.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly to product managers and engineering stakeholders.
• Sound engineering judgment: knows when to simplify, when to invest, and when to defer.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and end-to-end delivery for major product subsystems and complex features
• Own architectural decisions within your team's domain - from API contracts to deployment strategy
• Set the quality standard: drive test coverage, observability, reliability, and incident response
• Mentor more junior engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and regular pairing
• Collaborate cross-functionally with AI platform, infrastructure, and product teams
• Identify and proactively address technical debt and scalability constraints before they become blockers
• Contribute to hiring by reviewing candidate submissions and participating in interviews
• Produce clear design documentation that enables asynchronous decision-making across the team

Skills

Backend development

Full-stack development

API platforms

Cloud services

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Observability stacks

Communication

Engineering judgment

Job description

NSCALE OPERATIONS APAC PTE. LTD. is seeking an experienced software engineer to lead technical design and end-to-end delivery for major product subsystems.

You will own architectural decisions, set quality standards, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with AI platform, infrastructure, and product teams. This role emphasizes cloud-native patterns, scalable services, and clear communication of complex technical decisions to stakeholders.