Technical Lead, AI-Powered Applications

A1; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A1 in Singapore is seeking a Technical Lead, Applications to own the core architecture that connects AI systems to real‑world user experiences. You will shape backend services, APIs, and client integrations for mobile and desktop, while staying hands‑on to drive critical architectural decisions.

This hands‑on leadership role requires you to build a fast, reliable, coherent system that scales. You will guide a small senior team and partner with ML leadership to translate model capabilities into

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading application or product engineering for complex systems.
• Strong hands‑on background building and shipping backend systems in production.
• Experience delivering AI‑powered products with model integration trade‑offs.
• Excellent system design skills across services, APIs, clients, and data flows.

Responsibilities

• Own the application engineering strategy and execution across backend, mobile, and desktop.
• Lead and grow a small, senior applications team, including backend, mobile, and desktop engineers.
• Ensure production‑grade reliability: observability, monitoring, retries, fallbacks, and failure handling.
• Set the architectural direction for AI‑powered product workflows, APIs, and client integrations.
• Ensure AI capabilities are integrated into the product with clear abstractions and graceful failure modes.
• Partner with Machine Learning leadership to translate model capability into shippable features.
• Make high‑impact decisions across latency, cost, reliability, and user experience.
• Establish a strong execution culture through code reviews and design reviews.
• Ensure production readiness: observability, monitoring, retries, fallbacks, privacy, and cost controls.
• Balance speed and discipline – shipping quickly without compromising long‑term quality.

Skills

Technical leadership

Backend architecture

AI/product integration

Team leadership

Job description

A1 in Singapore is seeking a Technical Lead, Applications to own the core architecture that connects AI systems to real‑world user experiences. You will shape backend services, APIs, and client integrations for mobile and desktop, while staying hands‑on to drive critical architectural decisions.

This hands‑on leadership role requires you to build a fast, reliable, coherent system that scales. You will guide a small senior team and partner with ML leadership to translate model capabilities into