AI Engineer Jobs in Singapore

Looking for an AI engineer job in Singapore? Choose from 26 open roles at 14 employers. Explore real salary data and skills breakdown across remote, hybrid and on-site roles.

26 Open roles
14 Companies hiring

The market for AI engineers in Singapore

In the week to 27 September, 25 AI engineer roles were open in Singapore at 13 employers. 5 new roles were posted during the week. Of the roles that say how they work, 12% are remote or hybrid.

AI engineer roles make up a small share of all listings on the board in Singapore. Among those with seniority stated, the majority are pitched at lead level, with the remainder at senior level — there are no entry-level or mid-level roles among those stating seniority. Hiring is concentrated, with most roles sitting at a handful of employers. The freshness of postings is mixed: a sizeable portion have been on the board for a month or more, while a fair share appeared within the last week or two. There is not enough weekly history yet to describe a trend over time. Python and large language models are the most commonly mentioned skills, followed closely by agents and APIs, suggesting that current demand centres on applied generative AI work rather than broader data engineering.

How recently the open roles were posted

This week 5
Last week 6
Two weeks ago 2
Three weeks ago 7
One to two months ago 3
Two to three months ago 2
Earlier 0

Figures are measured every Monday.

What do AI engineers in Singapore work on?

AI engineers build, integrate and maintain machine learning and AI systems in production. The work sits between research and software engineering: turning models into reliable services, building pipelines, managing APIs and ensuring that systems behave predictably at scale. In Singapore, this role appears across financial services, consumer technology and research-adjacent organisations. Institutions such as A*STAR's Centre for Frontier AI Research and the national AI Singapore programme reflect a local emphasis on applied and foundational AI. The concentration of technology companies at one-north, and the presence of organisations such as Sea Limited in that precinct, means AI engineers here often work in environments where scale, reliability and deployment speed matter as much as model quality.

Skills and experience employers ask for

Python is mentioned in most role descriptions, making it the clear baseline. Large language models, agent frameworks and API integration appear in the majority of descriptions, pointing firmly toward generative AI and agentic system work. Evaluation skills — testing and measuring model behaviour — appear in nearly half. A smaller but notable share of descriptions mention cloud infrastructure, CI/CD practices, SQL and data processing tools such as Spark, suggesting that production-readiness and data pipeline work also feature in many of these roles.

Agents 77%
Python 58%
LLMs 58%
Evaluation 58%
APIs 58%
Azure 54%
AWS 50%
Vector databases 46%
RAG 42%
CI/CD 42%
Kubernetes 27%
A/B testing 27%

AI Engineer roles that state a salary

The employers' own advertised ranges, for individual roles at different levels — not an average and not a market rate.

Singapore office, hybrid or remote?

Among roles that state a working arrangement, a large majority are fully on-site, with about a fifth offering hybrid arrangements. No roles listed here are fully remote. Candidates should expect employers in Singapore to favour in-person attendance, which is consistent with the dense, campus-style work environments found at places such as one-north.

Make your application specific to the work

  1. Review your generative AI portfolio Most descriptions mention LLMs, agents and APIs, so be ready to show concrete examples of systems you have built, deployed or evaluated using these technologies.
  2. Tailor your application to seniority Roles here skew toward lead and senior levels, so highlight experience owning or directing technical decisions rather than only executing tasks under supervision.
  3. Check posting dates before applying A meaningful portion of listings have been on the board for a month or more; confirm that a role is still accepting applications before investing time in a detailed submission.
  4. Prepare for on-site interview processes The overwhelming majority of roles are based fully on-site, so expect employers to conduct in-person interviews and plan accordingly if you are not already based locally.

Questions about AI Engineer jobs in Singapore

Hiring spans financial institutions participating in initiatives such as the Monetary Authority of Singapore's Project MindForge, consumer technology companies including Sea Limited, and organisations connected to national programmes such as AI Singapore and A*STAR's research centres.

Python is by far the most commonly mentioned skill in role descriptions on the board, making it close to a baseline expectation rather than a differentiator.

Large language models and agent frameworks are mentioned in the majority of descriptions listed here, indicating that generative AI and agentic system development form a central part of current demand.

Among roles on the board that state a seniority level, all are at senior or lead level; no junior or mid-level positions appear in the current listings.

None of the roles currently listed on the board offer fully remote working; most require full on-site attendance, with a minority offering hybrid arrangements.

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