AI Architect

This is a 3-year fixed term contract for placement in Singapore, and only open to SG/PR candidates.

Key Responsibilities:

Architecture Design & Standards

• Design scalable, secure and cost-efficient AI system architectures for regional deployments.

• Define and enforce technical standards, design patterns and architectural guardrails for the team.

• Lead build vs buy vs integrate decisions, evaluating platforms and vendors.

• Produce architecture artefacts (solution designs, data flows, integration maps, technical roadmaps).

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Architect solutions across relevant cloud platforms (Azure, AWS and compliant options as required).

• Design for multi-cloud and hybrid environments where regulations demand.

• Ensure infrastructure meets data sovereignty requirements across APAC countries.

• Review cloud cost architecture to balance performance and spend.

• Ensure AI development and deployment environments are designed for reliability, reproducibility, access control and operational support.

AI Platform & Model Strategy

• Designs and governs AI and machine learning environments, including patterns for experimentation, deployment, monitoring and operational support.

• Evaluate and select foundational models, fine-tuning approaches and RAG architectures appropriate to each use case.

• Design MLOps and LLMOps pipelines (model versioning, evaluation, monitoring, retraining triggers).

• Define the regional AI platform strategy (shared services, reusable components, integration patterns).

• Stay current on model developments and assess architectural implications for the roadmap.

Security & Governance

• Embed security controls (encryption, access controls, audit logging) into all architectural decisions.

• Align architecture to global governance standards and partner with security and risk stakeholders.

• Conduct technical risk assessments for new AI initiatives and define mitigation architecture.

Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Data/AI, or equivalent experience)
• Working experience: 8+ years - Experience in solution, software, data or enterprise architecture
• Experience using data platforms, data lakes, lakehouses, or data warehouses to discover, analyse, and prepare governed datasets for advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI use cases.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python for data access, analysis, and preparation.
• Ability to work effectively with large datasets, apply data quality and governance standards, and collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to translate business challenges into data-driven solutions.
• Understanding of security-by-design, privacy-by-design, data governance, and access control

Nice-to-have:

• Understanding of AI solution patterns; RAG, model integration, agentic workflows, and secure enterprise deployment
• Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Azure data services or comparable lakehouse/data platforms
• MLOps, LLMOps, model lifecycle management or AI evaluation frameworks
• API design, DevOps or infrastructure-as-code
• Vector databases, semantic search, fine-tuning or generative AI evaluation
• Power Platform, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry or related Microsoft AI service
• Relevant certifications in Azure, AI, Databricks, or AWS
• Management experience: 2+ years - Experience providing technical leadership in collaborative or agile delivery environments, including guiding team members on solution design, engineering standards, maintainability and delivery quality.
• AI & IT expertise - Proven experience sponsoring AI & IT initiatives, data driven platforms, IT transformation, and automation at scale.
• Other experience - Strong business acumen, financial management, risk governance, and experience operating in APAC multicultural environments.

How to apply:

• Please include your latest resume in the application.
• We regret to inform this position is open only to SG/PR
• We regret to inform that we will only process applications made via our Careers website (and other linked portals) and only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:

Fugro does not accept any unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies. Acquisition to Fugro Recruitment or any Fugro employee is not appreciated.