Senior Data Scientist

At Silent Eight, we develop our own AI-based products to combat financial crimes that enable things like money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and systemic corruption. We’re a leading RegTech firm working with large international financial institutions such as Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC. Join us and help make the world a safer place!

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will play a dual role: technical leader and strategic partner to customers and internal teams. 

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  Lead complex R&D initiatives: drive research and innovation in LLMs, NLP, machine learning, and graph analytics, turning advanced techniques into production-grade solutions.

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  Own the full data science lifecycle: from discovery, framing, and exploration to deployment, customer delivery, and long-term monitoring.

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  Shape ambiguous challenges into well-defined problem statements and design practical, state-of-the-art solutions aligned with business and regulatory needs.

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  Engage directly with customers and stakeholders: collaborate to co-design use cases, set success metrics, and ensure solutions are adopted, measurable, and impactful.

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  Mentor and guide peers: elevate technical excellence, foster knowledge-sharing, and set best practices for experimentation, testing, and deployment.

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  Prototype rapidly: explore new ideas and validate hypotheses quickly, while balancing innovation with scalability and maintainability.

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  Ensure production success: design, implement, and optimize pipelines for data integration, validation, monitoring, and retraining to sustain long-term model performance.

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  Communicate effectively: distill technical complexity into compelling business insights, helping stakeholders make informed decisions.

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  Champion excellence in execution: enforce best practices in MLOps, DataOps, and software engineering to deliver reproducible, maintainable, and scalable solutions.

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  Continuously improve tooling and processes that accelerate delivery, experimentation, and collaboration across the data science function.

• Competitive salary — 150,000 - 170,000 SGD per year

• Equity participation — stock options that grow with us as we scale globally

• Quarterly wellness allowance — spend it your way

• Learning & development budget — training, conferences, and dedicated Development Days with our AI/ML team

• The backing of a proven platform — AI already running in production at HSBC and Standard Chartered, so you're building something that works

We kindly inform you that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.