Data Scientist, Institutional Banking Group

About the role

DBS Bank is looking for a Data Scientist to join its Data Chapter within the Institutional Banking Group (IBG). The role builds and delivers AI, machine learning, generative AI and agentic AI solutions that meet the business needs of institutional banking. It is a regular, full-time position based in DBS Asia Central.

Key responsibilities

• Understand business needs, objectives and operations, and work with stakeholders to define problems, operational levers and success metrics.
• Develop, implement and deploy advanced AI/ML, GenAI and Agentic AI solutions independently or in collaboration with others, and explain model results to stakeholders.
• Drive data science projects from problem definition and data exploration through to model deployment, keeping scope, timelines and AI model governance in mind.
• Use internal tools such as Collibra to find data, run SQL queries in Superset and DBS frameworks (e.g. DALI), and write clean, tested code with linting, unit tests and Git version control.
• Work with tech teams to integrate and deploy AI solutions, review code and keep documentation up to date.
• Stay ahead of AI/ML, GenAI and Agentic AI developments and champion strategic applications within IBG.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics or Engineering.
• 2+ years of relevant experience in AI or data science, commensurate with rank.
• Proactive, results-driven attitude and ability to think critically about solutions in unfamiliar situations.
• Clear communication of complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Commitment to continuous learning of emerging AI/ML technologies.

Required skills

• Hands-on experience with AI, machine learning, generative AI and agentic AI concepts and methodologies.
• SQL and Superset.
• Git version control.