Senior Applied AI Scientist — Practical Data Solutions

GRIT; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GRIT, an established international business, is expanding its data and AI capability in Singapore. We are seeking a hands-on builder to turn ambitions into practical applications.

You will work directly with business users to shape use cases and deliver solutions through to production, not just prototypes. You will decide what to build, balance business value and complexity, and help adopt data-driven tools across the organization.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years of relevant experience in applied data science or data/AI solution delivery.
• Strong data science foundation with hands-on model development and validation.
• Structured problem-solving: framing problems, testing alternatives, interpreting results.

Responsibilities

• Turn business challenges into clear, solvable problems with stakeholders.
• Build practical solutions using analytics, ML, automation or AI as appropriate.
• Bring rigour by selecting baselines and validation methods; explain uncertainties.
• Collaborate with Head of Data & AI to prioritise opportunities and trade-offs.
• Define required data with Data Engineer and ensure data quality.
• Own adoption and ongoing improvement; monitor performance and usage.
• Help colleagues use AI confidently through workshops, demonstrations and training.
• Explore emerging capabilities and contribute to document-based AI applications.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistical modelling

Communication

Problem solving

Independent work

Job description

GRIT, an established international business, is expanding its data and AI capability in Singapore. We are seeking a hands-on builder to turn ambitions into practical applications.

You will work directly with business users to shape use cases and deliver solutions through to production, not just prototypes. You will decide what to build, balance business value and complexity, and help adopt data-driven tools across the organization.