Principal Data Scientist (AI)

Location: Singapore, Singapore; hybrid work mode.

Company

hirify.global is hiring a principal-level data science and AI leader for its Data, BI & Analytics area.

What you will do

• Set technical direction for complex data science and AI initiatives, aligning solutions with business strategy, user needs, risk appetite, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead end-to-end delivery from opportunity identification and data assessment through experimentation, deployment, adoption, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Architect and build scalable, maintainable Python-based ML and AI solutions across structured and unstructured data.
• Define evaluation frameworks, baselines, acceptance criteria, and measures for performance, reliability, fairness, drift, operational readiness, and business impact.
• Advise senior stakeholders and clients, lead workshops and architecture reviews, present recommendations to C-level audiences, and shape propositions, proposals, and pre-sales activities.
• Lead technical workstreams, mentor data scientists and engineers, and collaborate with data engineering, MLOps, platform, product, and application engineering teams on reusable capabilities.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, or Engineering, supported by an undergraduate Computer Science degree or prior professional software engineering experience.
• 9–12 years of extensive hands-on experience delivering data science, machine learning, or AI solutions, with technical leadership and measurable enterprise or client impact.
• Deep expertise in applied machine learning, statistics, experimental design, and model evaluation.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL, including production-quality, testable, maintainable code and technical architecture.
• Experience across the full ML lifecycle: data preparation, feature engineering, model development, validation, deployment, monitoring, and retraining, with MLOps principles.
• Ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives, mentor practitioners, raise engineering standards, and influence decisions without formal authority.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including presenting technical topics, recommendations, and business value to clients, senior leaders, and non-technical audiences.

Nice to have

• Experience designing and evaluating generative AI solutions involving large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic workflows, document intelligence, OCR, multimodal models, or vision-language models.
• Experience with Databricks, experiment tracking, model registries, and automated ML delivery pipelines.
• Knowledge of APIs, version control, automated testing, CI/CD, containerization, cloud deployment, observability, and production support.
• Experience in a regulated industry and practical knowledge of data protection, security, explainability, model risk management, and responsible AI controls.
• Experience in consulting, client delivery, solution discovery, proposal development, or pre-sales.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular employment with a hybrid work mode in Singapore.
• Work includes responsible AI, security, privacy, model governance, and regulatory requirements throughout the solution lifecycle.
• hirify.global emphasizes diverse, inclusive, and equitable teams and encourages applications from candidates who may not match every qualification.