AI Engineer

About the role

Research developments in large language models, AI tools and the vendor landscape, and assess their relevance and value to the company. Compare on-premise open-source models with external APIs on performance, cost and data security, and recommend the right option for each use case. Establish the company's AI usage policy and AI data governance framework. Plan, design and build the company's enterprise AI platform, providing secure, governed and unified access to both on-premise and external AI capabilities across the organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Research developments in large language models, AI tools and the vendor landscape, and assess their relevance and value to the company

• Compare on-premise open-source models with external APIs on performance, cost and data security, and recommend the right option for each use case

• Establish the company's AI usage policy and AI data governance framework

• Plan, design and build the company's enterprise AI platform, providing secure, governed and unified access to both on-premise and external AI capabilities across the organisation

• Lead AI security, safeguarding the company's AI systems, models and data against emerging threats

• Deploy and maintain on-premise model inference services and plan GPU and hardware resources

• Manage external API access, keys, quotas and costs, and route requests between on-premise and external models by use case

• Monitor availability, response time, usage volume and cost of AI services

• Work with business units to identify pilot use cases and build prototypes such as knowledge base Q&A (RAG), document processing and workflow automation

• Measure pilot outcomes and report to management with recommendations on whether to scale up

About you

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field

• Hands-on experience (work or personal projects) deploying open-source LLMs on-premise (e.g. Ollama, vLLM), with an understanding of model quantisation and hardware requirements

• Hands-on experience (work or personal projects) with at least one major LLM API; familiar with RAG, vector search and prompt design

• Proficient in Python; able to build backend services and APIs independently

• Familiar with Docker and Linux, and with basic security concepts such as access control, logging and encryption

• Strong research and writing skills; able to turn technical comparisons into clear reports for management

• Self-driven and comfortable working in an exploratory role with evolving requirements

• Experience building an internal AI platform, AI gateway or knowledge base; familiarity with agent frameworks (e.g. LangGraph, LangChain); knowledge of the PDPA or AI governance frameworks

About us

Investment Company of the People's Republic of China (Singapore) Pte Ltd is a fully owned subsidiary of the People's Bank of China. The company manages a part of foreign exchange reserve within the scope authorized by the People's Bank of China, undertakes and transacts various kinds of investment businesses.