AI Data Engineer

**Company Description** NCS is a leading AI Tech Services company. With a 15,000\-strong team across the Asia Pacific, NCS scales its platforms and capabilities to provide clients with greater agility and AI expertise across a range of Industries. Embracing a strong ecosystem of global partners, NCS transforms technology services delivery combining AI with digital resilience to drive real business impact. NCS is a subsidiary of the Singtel Group. **Job Description** **Job Summary** We are looking for an **AI Engineer with strong Data Engineering expertise** to join a mission\-critical project in the public safety and security domain. Operating within a secure IT environment, you will work across advanced Agentic AI architectures and scalable data infrastructure. You will design and deploy Retrieval\-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, metadata\-driven data catalogs, fine\-grained policy systems, and sovereign agent workflows that empower data\-driven decision\-making for public sector stakeholders. **Key Responsibilities** **Technical Delivery** * **Agentic AI \& LLM Systems:** Build and deploy autonomous agent workflows using frameworks like **LangChain, CrewAI, or AutoGen** . Implement semantic search, vector indexing, custom prompt strategies, and RAG architectures tailored for sensitive datasets. * **Modern Data Engineering:** Develop high\-throughput, maintainable data transformation pipelines using **Python** and **dbt** . Utilize modern query engines and open table formats ( **Starburst, Apache Iceberg, Apache Arrow, DuckDB** ) to query and analyze structured and unstructured data efficiently. * **Metadata \& Taxonomy Governance:** Design and govern metadata schemas, taxonomies, and lineage systems using tools like **OpenMetadata** to guarantee strict data discoverability, auditability, and governance. * **Secure Architecture \& Policy Enforcement:** Integrate fine\-grained authorization and data access control frameworks leveraging **Cedar** , ensuring alignment with **OSI** and **ODSC** guidelines in restricted public sector infrastructure. **Client \& Stakeholder Engagement** * Support client workshops and daily interactions: requirements discovery, solution walkthroughs, sprint demos, and retrospectives. * Communicate technical trade\-offs and design decisions in clear, non\-jargon language appropriate for business stakeholders. * Help to manage client expectations proactively: surface risks early and propose mitigations. **Required Skills \& Qualifications** **Experience \& Education** * 2–4 years of hands\-on AI/ML engineering or data science experience. * Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, or equivalent quantitative discipline. * Experience in delivery of complex AI projects end\-to\-end in a professional services, consulting, or SI environment. * Demonstrable agentic AI project experience. **Technical Skills** * **Core Engineering:** Strong foundation in **Python** development, clean code practices, and standard software design patterns. * **AI \& Agent Frameworks:** Hands\-on experience developing LLM applications, prompt engineering, semantic search, and multi\-agent systems using **LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen** , or similar frameworks. * **Data Infrastructure \& Stack:** Exposure to data modeling and pipeline development using **dbt** , alongside hands\-on familiarity with **Starburst, Apache Iceberg, Apache Arrow, and DuckDB** . * **Metadata \& Data Governance:** Understanding of metadata management and taxonomy design, with experience implementing data cataloging solutions ( **OpenMetadata** or equivalent). * **Security \& Governance Standards:** Experience with access control systems, authorization policies ( **Cedar** ), and enterprise/government data frameworks ( **OSI, ODSC** ). **Client \& Communication Skills** * Strong written and verbal communication: able to produce client\-ready documentation, presentations, and technical specifications. **Nice\-to\-Have / Preferred** * **Sovereign \& On\-Prem AI:** Experience deploying LLMs or AI workloads in air\-gapped, sovereign, or strictly controlled on\-premise environments. * **Tool\-Calling \& Protocols:** Familiarity with the **Model Context Protocol (MCP)** and structured tool/function calling patterns. * **Domain Background:** Prior work in government, defence, financial institutions or equivalent high\-security and highly\-regulated IT environments. We are driven by our AEIOU beliefs—Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership, and Unity—and we seek individuals who embody these values in both their professional and personal lives. We are committed to our Impact: Valuing our clients, Growing our people, and Creating our future. Together, we make the extraordinary happen. Learn more about us at ncs.co and visit our LinkedIn career site. ***Scam Alert*** *We are aware of fraudulent job offers and impersonations of NCS recruiters. Phishing emails using convincing\-looking but fake addresses are also commonly used to trick you into thinking that they come from official NCS sources.* *Please note that all official communications from NCS Group will only be sent from verified corporate email addresses. Always check that the sender’s email address ends with the genuine NCS domain, @ncs.com.sg and beware of extra letters, symbols or misspellings. When in doubt, verify the sender’s identity by contacting us at reachus@ncs.com.sg.*