AI Platform Architect, Singapore

Senior Principal Engineer (AI Platform Architect) – a rare, high‑leverage individual contributor who will shape the technical trajectory of a 300+ engineer organisation. You will report directly to the Head of BECO Engineering.

You influence an entire engineering organisation across five major departments: 1) Merchant platforms, 2) Search & Personalisation, 3) Ads & Monetisation, 4) Transaction systems, 5) Enterprise capabilities. This is about evolving the system, not overseeing a micro‑service.

• Architect and scale AI-assisted development workflows
• Agentic operational automation
• Reliability guardrails powered by AI
• Safe, test‑backed automation systems

Goal: measurable improvement in engineering velocity, code quality, and operational efficiency. Shape how AI becomes embedded into engineering infrastructure.

• Raise prevention standards across critical systems
• Institutionalise chaos engineering as a discipline
• Strengthen detection and recovery mechanisms
• Reduce incident impact structurally, not reactively

Focus on engineering maturity at scale.

• Ranking frameworks converge
• User understanding powers multiple surfaces
• Data infrastructure reduces cost and instability
• Shared capabilities unlock new business models

Design the connective tissue that makes platformisation real.

• Design clean 0→1 foundations
• Define execution models optimised for velocity
• Enable AI-native product experiences
• Balance exploration with ecosystem coherence

• Deep distributed systems thinking
• Fluent in AI/ML system realities
• Opinionated about engineering culture
• Comfortable influencing senior leaders

Likely have:

• Operated at Staff+/Principal level in large‑scale systems
• Driven cross‑organisation architectural change
• Built or evolved platforms used by millions
• Touched reliability, search, ML, or transaction-heavy systems

• Embed LLM agents safely into engineering workflows at scale
• Raise reliability standards without slowing innovation
• Centralise vs federate capabilities across domains
• Unify ranking and recall systems across monetised and organic surfaces
• Launch new AI-native businesses without fracturing the ecosystem

These are system‑shaping decisions, not ticket-level problems.

• AI‑assisted engineering is a daily reality, not a pilot
• Reliability metrics trend structurally stronger
• Cross‑platform capabilities converge
• At least one new business launches on a clean, scalable foundation
• Engineering quality becomes institutionalised

• Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance
• GrabFlex – create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations
• Parental and Birthday leave, Love‑all‑Serve‑all (LASA) volunteering leave
• Confidential Grabber Assistance Programme for guidance and upliftment
• FlexWork arrangements with differentiated hours

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.