Director, Machine Learning (Applied AI Research)

Location: Singapore

Base salary: SGD 291,500–437,300 gross per year. The role may also be eligible for equity awards and company incentive plans.

Company

hirify.global develops a leading game engine and 3D platform used by game creators and teams in automotive, manufacturing, healthcare, and other industries.

What you will do

• Lead, hire, mentor, and develop an applied AI research team of ML researchers and engineers in Singapore.
• Set the team’s technical direction, research strategy, and roadmap in partnership with Gaming AI leadership.
• Move research from prototypes into production by shipping ML models and systems for hirify.global products and creators.
• Partner with product, engineering, and research teams across hirify.global’s global AI organization.
• Establish practices for experimentation, evaluation, and model quality.
• Represent hirify.global’s applied research internally and in the broader AI commhirify.global while tracking advances in ML and AI.

Requirements

• Track record of leading applied ML or AI research teams and managing researchers and engineers.
• Experience taking ML models from research into production at scale.
• Deep expertise in modern machine learning, including deep learning and large language or multimodal models.
• Hands-on experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX.
• Experience setting technical strategy and roadmaps for a research or engineering team.
• Effective written and verbal communication, including explaining complex technical work to non-technical leaders.
• Experience working with distributed, multifunctional teams across time zones.
• Sufficient English proficiency for frequent and regular professional written and verbal communication with colleagues and partners worldwide.

Nice to have

• PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.
• Publications at top venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, or CVPR.
• Experience applying AI to games, 3D content, or creative tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with benefits eligibility and offerings varying by country and employment status.
• Health, life, and disability insurance, commute subsidy, retirement or pension plans, and employee stock ownership.
• Vacation and personal days, parental leave, and family-care programs.
• Mental health and wellbeing support, employee resource groups, and a global employee assistance program.
• Training and development programs, volunteering and donation matching, and office food and snacks.
• Inclusive equal-opporthirify.global workplace with interview accommodations available for candidates with disabilities.