Senior Research Engineer (1-year contract or till 30 June 2027), SCIS

Singapore Management University

Singapore

4-6 Years

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This position is forSchool of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS).
Design and develop software for risk analytics, scenario simulation, and optimisation workflows.
Build Python-based data pipelines, APIs, analytics services, and internal tooling.
Translate quantitative models into maintainable, production-ready code.
Develop tools for Monte Carlo simulation, tail-risk estimation, VaR/CVaR analysis, and stress testing.
Work with structured and unstructured financial, market, and client data.
Support integration of quantum and quantum-inspired methods where commercially relevant.
Improve code quality through testing, version control, and engineering best practices.
Contribute to dashboards and client-facing analytics applications.

Qualifications

Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or closely related disciplines.
Minimum 4 years of relevant experience.
Strong programming skills in Python and Rust.
Experience with Git, testing, CI/CD, and code review.
Experience building APIs, backend services, or data-driven applications.
Good understanding of numerical methods, statistics, and data handling.
Comfortable with tools such as NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, and related tooling.
Preferred: financial risk, portfolio analytics, Monte Carlo, optimisation, cloud, Docker, SQL/Postgres, dashboards, or quantum-related exposure.

This position is forSchool of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS).
Design and develop software for risk analytics, scenario simulation, and optimisation workflows.
Build Python-based data pipelines, APIs, analytics services, and internal tooling.
Translate quantitative models into maintainable, production-ready code.
Develop tools for Monte Carlo simulation, tail-risk estimation, VaR/CVaR analysis, and stress testing.
Work with structured and unstructured financial, market, and client data.
Support integration of quantum and quantum-inspired methods where commercially relevant.
Improve code quality through testing, version control, and engineering best practices.
Contribute to dashboards and client-facing analytics applications.

More Info

Job Type:

Permanent Job

Function:

Computing And Information Systems

Employment Type:

Full time

About Company

Singapore Management UniversityJob Source: smu.recruiterpal.com

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together - building a strong collegiality and morale within the university. Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities - all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

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