Morgan McKinley
Data Scientist (1 year contract, junior position)
Morgan McKinleySingapore4 days ago
ContractInformation Technology

We are looking for a Junior Data Scientist for a 1 year agency contract position, this is renewable and convertible.


Prompt Engineering & AI Optimization


  • Design, test, and refine prompts for LLMs (e.g., GPT, LLaMA, Claude, Gemini) to improve response accuracy, reliability, and efficiency
  • Optimize zero-shot, few-shot, and chain-of-thought prompting techniques for various business use cases.
  • Fine-tune LLM interactions and integrate APIs from OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, or similar platforms
  • Analyze and mitigate issues like hallucination, bias, and token efficiency in AI-generated responses.



Data Science & Machine Learning


  • Develop and deploy machine learning models for NLP, text analytics, and predictive modeling.
  • Work with structured and unstructured datasets to extract insights, automate decision-making, and drive AI use cases
  • Collaborate with ML engineers to fine-tune models and integrate AI solutions into business applications
  • Experiment with AI model customization, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and embeddings for knowledge retrieval.



Collaboration & AI Strategy


  • Partner with product teams, and software engineers to integrate AI solutions into customer-facing applications
  • Educate internal teams on best practices in prompt engineering, AI safety, and ethical AI deployment
  • Stay up to date with emerging trends in AI, LLMs, and generative models to drive continuous innovation.



Key Requirements


  • Prompt Engineering Expertise – Strong experience in designing and optimizing prompts for LLMs and NLP models
  • NLP & LLM Knowledge – Familiarity with transformer models (e.g., GPT-4, BERT, T5, LLaMA) and vector embeddings
  • Python & AI Libraries – Proficiency in Python, LangChain, Hugging Face, OpenAI API, TensorFlow, PyTorch
  • Data Science & ML – Experience in predictive modeling, text classification, sentiment analysis, or generative AI.
  • Data Handling – Ability to work with large datasets, embeddings, and knowledge retrieval techniques.


If you are keen on the above position, reach out to Christopher Shepherdson (EA Licence No: 11C5502 | EAP Registration No: R1877011) at [email protected] or contact +65 6818 3193 for a confidential chat.

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