VP - Core AI Engineer

SGX Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

SGX Group, headquartered in Singapore, seeks a Senior Core AI Engineer to build and maintain shared AI services and the platform infrastructure powering diverse AI use cases. You will drive observability, API design, and governance, while guiding engineers across business units and leading pre-deployment reviews.

This role anchors SGX Group's AI capabilities, enabling scalable, secure AI deployments in a regulated environment and across asset classes. Singapore-based, on-site position.

Qualifications

• Proven software engineering experience in Python, including system design, code review, and debugging in production environments.
• Hands-on experience building applications with LLMs, RAG pipelines, and document processing.
• Experience applying data governance and security controls in regulated environments.
• Proven ability to make and document architectural decisions with minimal oversight.
• Experience designing and maintaining APIs and shared services.
• Track record of mentoring other engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain shared and reusable AI services and components.
• Design and implement observability and monitoring standards for AI services.
• Define APIs, integration patterns, cohesive architecture, and engineering standards.
• Provide technical guidance and code review to engineers across business units.
• Own technical documentation and governance artefacts for AI use cases.
• Lead pre-deployment reviews for medium and high-risk use cases.

Skills

Python

LLMs

Data governance

Architectural decisions

APIs & services

Mentoring

Tools

GCP

Gemini APIs

Agent orchestration

MLOps

Graph DBs

Vision-language models

Job description

BUILD MARKETS. SHAPE ECONOMIES.

At SGX Group, we create markets. We turn ideas into products and expand access to new opportunities. We are building the future of the exchange in-house: from architecture and platforms to the critical systems that power markets. The biggest decisions are still open to people who join us now.

The opportunity

SGX Group operates Singapore’s securities and derivatives exchange. The Senior Core AI Engineer is a senior individual contributor role within the AI and Digital Experience team, responsible for building and maintaining SGX’s shared AI services and platform infrastructure. This role is the backbone of our AI capabilities, enabling engineers across business units to deliver AI use cases reliably and at scale. This is a Singapore-based role.

What you will do

• Build and maintain shared and reusable AI services and components
• Design and implement observability and monitoring standards for AI services
• Define APIs, integration patterns, cohesive architecture, and engineering standards
• Provide technical guidance and code review to engineers across business units
• Own technical documentation and governance artefacts for AI use cases
• Lead pre-deployment reviews for medium and high-risk use cases

What we are looking for

Essentials

• Proven software engineering experience in Python, including system design, code review, and debugging in production environments
• Hands-on experience building applications with LLMs, RAG pipelines, and document processing
• Experience applying data governance and security controls in regulated environments
• Proven ability to make and document architectural decisions with minimal oversight
• Experience designing and maintaining APIs and shared services
• Track record of setting engineering standards and mentoring other engineers

What may set you apart

• Experience in financial services or regulated industries
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform and Gemini APIs
• Experience with agent orchestration frameworks
• Background in MLOps or AI/ML platform engineering
• Experience with graph databases or vision-language models

About SGX Group

SGX Group is one of the world's most trusted international marketplaces, known for its stability and openness. Anchored in Singapore, we enable price discovery, capital formation and risk management across asset classes, supported by resilient infrastructure and robust clearing. We convene issuers, investors and intermediaries to create and grow markets that stand the test of time. Find out more at www.SGXGroup.com.