Senior Software Engineer (AI Engineering)

Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Singapore is seeking a Software Engineer to develop and maintain AI/ML applications and data pipelines. You will work closely with data scientists and product engineers to implement new capabilities and ensure the deployment of reliable services. Candidates should have at least 3 years of experience in a quantitative field and be proficient in Python or similar languages. Familiarity with containerization and a good understanding of microservice patterns are desirable. Only Singapore Citizens will be considered.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant work experience in a quantitative field.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or Java.
• Experience with databases, RDBMS, and NoSQL.

Responsibilities

• Influence the roadmap and development of applications.
• Deploy and maintain performant AI/ML services.
• Design and develop high-quality code following best practices.

Skills

Python

Java

CI/CD tools

Containerization

Microservice patterns

Technical leadership

Education

Background in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

As a Software Engineer in the AI Engineering team, you will develop, deploy and maintain applications, AI/ML services (e.g. LLM services) and data pipelines that support production AI services at scale as well as provide development tooling for our data scientists and product engineers. You will be responsible for designing and developing them in a performant, reliable and maintainable manner while leveraging pragmatic unit, integration and performance testing.

Responsibilities

• Influence the roadmap and development of applications and pipelines
• Deploy and maintain performant AI/ML services
• Design, develop, deploy and maintain high-quality code following engineering and testing best practices
• Work with data scientists, product engineers and users to enable new AI capabilities

Requirements (Minimum Qualifications)

• Background in quantitative field (e.g. Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics etc) and 3 or more years of relevant work experience
• Proficiency in Python, Java or similar programming languages
• Practical experience with databases such as RDBMS, NoSQL, vector scores
• Experience in software deployment, including with tools for CI/CD and other deployment processes
• Familiarity with containerization and container orchestration platforms (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Good understanding of domain-driven design, microservice patterns and service-oriented architectures
• Technical leadership experience such as mentoring other engineers or driving collaborations with other engineering teams

Nice to haves

• Experience with Python web frameworks (e.g. Flask, FastAPI)
• Experience in designing and maintaining data pipelines with high reliability/throughput requirements
• Experience with deploying and maintaining AI/ML services (e.g. deploying LLM services via vLLM) for high reliability/throughput use cases

As CSIT is an agency under the Ministry of Defence (Singapore), only Singapore Citizens will be considered.