Research Engineer (AI, ML)

Help build the infrastructure powering the next generation of AI.Research Engineer (AI, ML)Singapore | Full-Time | On-site | *Visa Sponsorship Available*Hyphen is partnering with one of Silicon Valley's fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies to hire exceptional engineers for its expanding Singapore engineering team.Backed by leading global venture investors and already trusted by some of the world's most advanced AI companies and enterprise technology organizations, the business has quickly established itself as a category leader within the AI ecosystem. Rather than chasing short-term trends, the company is building foundational technology that enables AI systems to discover, understand, and reason over information at internet scale.Despite its rapid growth and significant commercial traction, the engineering organization remains intentionally lean, giving every engineer meaningful ownership over systems that operate at enormous scale.The OpportunityThis is a rare chance to work on some of the hardest engineering challenges in modern AI.As a Research Engineer, you'll move fluidly across distributed systems, large-scale data infrastructure, machine learning performance, retrieval, and core platform engineering. The role is intentionally broad—you're expected to solve whichever technical problems will have the greatest impact.Example projects include:Designing highly scalable distributed systemsImproving performance and efficiency across ML workloadsBuilding high-throughput infrastructure processing internet-scale datasetsDeveloping intelligent retrieval and ranking systemsOptimizing latency, throughput and reliability of production AI platformsShipping end-to-end features that directly improve product qualityIf you're the kind of engineer who enjoys understanding complex systems, learning quickly, and taking complete ownership of difficult technical problems, you'll fit right in.Who They're Looking ForThe hiring team is deliberately open-minded about backgrounds. What matters most is exceptional engineering ability.Strong candidates often come from:A-tier technology companiesAI infrastructure or machine learning organizationsResearch engineering teamsQuantitative trading or other performance-critical engineering environmentsLarge-scale distributed systems or platform engineering teamsYou'll likely have:Outstanding software engineering fundamentalsExperience building production systems at meaningful scaleA track record of solving technically challenging problemsStrong curiosity and the ability to work across multiple technical domainsA desire to own projects from concept through productionExperience in machine learning, distributed systems, data infrastructure, search, or performance engineering is all highly relevant, but exceptional engineers from adjacent domains are strongly encouraged to apply.Why Join?Join an elite engineering team solving genuinely novel technical problemsWork on infrastructure underpinning the future of AI applicationsSignificant ownership from day oneCompetitive compensation and equityVisa sponsorship available for international candidatesOpportunity to influence technical direction as the Singapore engineering team continues to growIf you're excited by technically ambitious work, exceptional teammates, and the chance to build foundational technology used by the next generation of AI products, we'd love to speak with you.