Snr Data Scientist, Data & AI Engr 1

Singtel Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology services firm in Singapore is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to guide a team in developing AI-driven solutions. You will lead technical strategy, engage with clients to translate business needs into actionable solutions, and ensure operational excellence in AI systems. The ideal candidate possesses a strong mathematics background, experience in deploying AI, and hands-on expertise in various machine learning techniques. This role offers the opportunity to impact real-world business challenges through technology.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in mathematics and statistics.
• Experience deploying AI solutions in production.
• Hands-on expertise in search algorithms and deep learning.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and stakeholder management.
• Familiarity with MLOps practices and tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of data scientists in developing AI-driven solutions.
• Architect and implement scalable machine learning systems.
• Engage with clients by translating requirements into data science solutions.
• Drive best practices in MLOps for reliability of AI systems.
• Support presales efforts with technical insights.

Skills

Mathematics

Statistics

Operations Research

AI and Machine Learning Solutions

Search Algorithms

Deep Learning

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Problem-solving

Communication Skills

Tools

MLFlow

pandas

Scikit learn

XGBoost

SeaBorn

Numpy

Job description

NCS is a leading technology services firm that operates across the Asia Pacific region in over 20 cities, providing consulting, digital services, technology solutions, and more. We believe in harnessing the power of technology to achieve extraordinary things, creating lasting value and impact for our communities, partners, and people. Our diverse workforce of 13,000 has delivered large-scale, mission critical, and multi-platform projects for governments and enterprises in Singapore and the APAC region.

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will be guiding a team of data scientists and engineers to develop and deploy AI‑driven solutions that address real‑world business challenges.

What you will do

• Team Leadership:
  Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of data scientists, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Technical Strategy & Execution:
  Architect and implement scalable machine learning systems from ideation to production. Develop advanced statistical models and optimization algorithms to solve complex business problems.
• Client & Stakeholder Engagement:
  Act as a technical advisor for client projects by translating business requirements into actionable data science solutions.
• Operational Excellence:
  Drive best practices in MLOps, including the effective use of feature stores, model registries, and evaluation frameworks, to ensure the reliability and efficiency of AI systems.

Support presales efforts by providing technical insights and strategic recommendations.

The ideal candidate should possess

• Strong foundation in mathematics, statistics, and operations research
• Proven experience deploying AI and machine learning solutions in production environments.
• Hands‑on expertise in search algorithms, deep learning, and natural language processing (NLP).
• Demonstrated leadership skills and effective stakeholder management.
• Familiarity with MLOps practices and tools is a plus.
• Excellent problem‑solving abilities and clear communication skills
• Familiarity with vector databases, chunking, reranking, MLFlow, feature store, model registry, MLOps, GenAIOps
• Ragas, Promptfoo, DeepEval, LLM as judge
• OptAPlanner, TimeFold
• pandas, Scikit learn, XGBoost, SeaBorn, Numpy