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Regional AI Engineer

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  • Build and operate LLM-powered AI apps (agents, chatbots, RAG) in production.
  • Deploy across regional markets with product, ops, tech and data teams.
  • Own end-to-end AI integrations with OpenAI and Claude, driving real regional impact!

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Malaysia, Selangor

Job Description

Position Responsibilities

AI Solution Development

  • Design, develop, and maintain AI-powered solutions to support business operations across regional markets.
  • Build AI applications using LLMs, AI APIs, AI agents, RAG, and other AI technologies.
  • Integrate AI capabilities into existing business systems, platforms, and workflows.
  • Develop solutions such as:
    • AI assistants and chatbots
    • AI agents for task automation
    • Document understanding and information extraction
    • AI-powered classification and routing
    • Knowledge-based Q&A / RAG applications
    • AI summarization and content generation
    • AI decision-support tools
  • Evaluate different AI models and services based on accuracy, cost, latency, security, and business requirements.

LLM & AI Integration

  • Integrate commercial and open-source AI models through APIs and SDKs.
  • Work with platforms such as OpenAI, Claude or equivalent AI services.
  • Build and maintain prompt templates, structured outputs, tool calling, function calling, and AI workflows.
  • Connect AI solutions with internal systems through REST APIs, webhooks, databases, and automation platforms.
  • Explore and implement AI Agent / MCP-based solutions where appropriate.

AI Automation

  • Combine AI capabilities with automation platforms such as n8n, Lark, and other internal automation tools.
  • Identify business processes where AI can reduce manual work, improve response time, or increase operational efficiency.
  • Build AI-assisted workflows that can understand information, make structured decisions, and trigger downstream actions.
  • Work closely with Automation Engineers to integrate AI components into end-to-end automation solutions.

AI Operations & Maintenance

  • Monitor AI applications and identify issues related to:
    • Model responses
    • Prompt failures
    • API errors
    • Latency
    • Token usage and cost
    • Data quality
    • Incorrect or unexpected outputs
  • Perform basic debugging and root-cause analysis.
  • Continuously improve AI solutions based on user feedback and production performance.
  • Establish appropriate AI evaluation, testing, monitoring, and quality-control mechanisms.
  • Maintain documentation covering architecture, prompts, models, APIs, data sources, and operational procedures.

AI Governance & Security

  • Ensure AI solutions follow company requirements for data privacy, access control, security, and responsible AI usage.
  • Understand the risks associated with confidential business data being sent to external AI services.
  • Implement appropriate controls for sensitive data, permissions, and AI-generated outputs.
  • Ensure AI applications have appropriate human review or approval mechanisms where required.

Regional Collaboration

  • Work with regional business, operations, product, technology, and data teams to understand AI opportunities and requirements.
  • Translate business requirements into practical AI solutions.
  • Support deployment and adoption of AI solutions across different countries and markets.
  • Understand regional differences in languages, processes, systems, and business requirements.
  • Communicate technical limitations, risks, and trade-offs clearly to stakeholders.
  • Escalate architecture, data, security, or AI-quality issues early.

Job Requirements

 Qualifications & Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
  • 1–3 years of experience in software development, AI engineering, automation engineering, or a related technical role.
  • Hands-on experience building applications using LLMs or AI APIs.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to independently research, prototype, test, and deploy new AI technologies.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work independently while managing multiple AI projects.
  • Strong attention to detail and focus on reliability and quality.
  • Experience working with business stakeholders and translating business requirements into technical solutions is preferred.

Required Skillsets - AI & LLM

  • Basic to intermediate experience with LLMs and Generative AI.
  • Experience with at least one major AI platform/API such as OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, or equivalent.
  • Understanding of:
    • Prompt engineering
    • Structured outputs
    • Function/tool calling
    • Context windows
    • Token usage
    • Embeddings
    • RAG concepts
    • AI Agents

Required Skillsets - Programming

  • Basic to intermediate programming experience in Python or JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • Ability to read, modify, debug, and maintain existing code.
  • Understanding of software development fundamentals such as:
    • Functions
    • APIs
    • Error handling
    • Authentication
    • Data structures
    • Logging

Required Skillsets - API & Data

  • Good understanding of REST APIs & JSON.
  • Familiar with webhooks and asynchronous API interactions.
  • Basic to intermediate knowledge of SQL and databases.
  • Understanding of data transformation and validation.

Required Skillsets - AI Application Development

  • Experience building AI-powered applications, chatbots, assistants, or automation is preferred.
  • Familiarity with RAG / vector databases is a plus.
  • Familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol) or AI Agent frameworks is a plus.
  • Experience integrating AI with n8n, Lark, or other automation platforms is a plus.

Required Skillsets - Engineering & DevOps

  • Familiar with Git/GitHub and basic software development workflows.
  • Basic understanding of deployment, environment variables, authentication, and application configuration.
  • Familiarity with cloud services such as AWS, Azure, or GCP is a plus.
  • Experience with Docker/containerized applications is a plus.

Skills

AI-Powered Design Tools
Software Development
Automation

Company Benefits

Employee Discount

Enjoy employee discounts on beverage, merchandise, etc at all outlets across Malaysia.

Employee Perk Programmes

Establishment of corporate benefits to offer exclusive discounts or benefits to each employee.

Health and Wellness

Out-patient care and in-patient care are covered for all employee including ongoing wellness programs & activites.

Career Development

Job training and continuing education help to fuel employee career growth.

Extension Leave Benefits

Provide more generous with their leave days. We have more than 6 other types of leave!


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Career Level

Junior Executive

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