Vice President, AI Engineer (Singapore)

Job Code: 11823 Country: SG City: Singapore Skill Category: IT\Technology Description: Job Title: AI Engineer

Corporate Title: Vice President

Department: Group Technology

Location: Singapore

Company overview

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com

Department Overview:

The Intl AI CoE plays a key role in defining and implementing the firm's AI strategy, driving change through these capabilities, enforcing data, cloud and AI governance for the firm, and elevating Nomura's data culture.

Role Description:

• Technical Leadership. Define and execute AI engineering strategy and technical roadmap. Architect scalable AI/ML infrastructure and deployment pipelines. Lead design reviews and establish engineering best practices for AI systems. Ensure system reliability, performance, and security across AI applications
• Team Management & Development. Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 5-10 AI engineers . Conduct performance reviews, career development planning, and technical coaching. Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning
• Information delivery & analytics. State-of-the-art expertise across, Large Language Model (LLM) Integration, prompt engineering strategies and templates, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and agentic system etc.
• AI Ops. Responsible for integration, deployment and monitoring of Generative AI products and solutions. Enabling data architecture and delivery of data-analytics AI platforms and Solutions- on-premises, cloud, and hybrid ensuring adherence and conformance to Nomura standards and policies
• Be a trusted partner. Shape the information & analytics agenda at Nomura, and work with all of Nomura’s businesses in laying out their information & analytics adoption roadmaps.
• Risk Mindset: Familiar with risk and controls frameworks and ability to operate with a control mindset

Skills, experience, qualifications, and knowledge required:

Core Skills requirement:

• Previous experience in designing and developing AI agents or chatbots using Large Language Models (LLM), RAG, and agentic frameworks.
• Hands-on experience in building context-aware dialogue systems with multi-turn conversation management features.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining APIs and SDKs for integration of Generative AI services.
• Experience in developing and deploying scalable, fault-tolerant microservices and server-side APIs using modern frameworks and best practices.
• Proven experience in deployment automation using CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab) and applying DevOps methodologies and enterprise integration standards.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, SQL, and Unix scripting for AI and data processing workflows.
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS EC2, EMR or similar tools with ability to drive design and data model discussions, hybrid data architecture.
• Proficiency in React with hands-on experience in UI development a plus.
• Experience collaborating with global and cross-functional teams across different regions and time zones to deliver AI solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent AI projects and meet delivery timelines in dynamic environments.
• Experience managing stakeholder expectations of senior management.
• Proficiency in written and verbal communication skills, including the ability