Research Fellow (Digital Health Technology)

About the role

The Dementia Research Centre (Singapore) at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine is looking for a Research Fellow to drive the technical direction and development of digital solutions for cognitive and mental healthcare. The role combines technical leadership, full-stack development and research contributions, with access to multimodal research datasets and close collaboration with clinicians and neuroscientists.

Key responsibilities

• Lead technical direction and system design, contribute hands-on to coding and implementation, and define frontend, backend and cloud architecture
• Establish engineering standards, code quality practices and development workflows
• Integrate digital biomarkers, analytics and AI/ML components into production systems
• Oversee full-stack web and mobile apps (React / React Native), APIs, data pipelines and cloud infrastructure (AWS or equivalent)
• Mentor a small in-house technology team, give code reviews and architectural guidance
• Translate research requirements into scalable digital solutions with clinicians and researchers
• Contribute to research design and implementation, support peer-reviewed publications, and help with grant writing and dissemination

Required profile

• PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Data Science or a related discipline; PhD preferred but not required
• Non-technical PhD candidates are welcome if they show strong software development, data analysis or digital product experience
• Demonstrated technical leadership, system design or engineering team leadership
• Interest in academic research and willingness to contribute to publications; digital health or AI/ML exposure is preferred

Required skills

• Full-stack development (web and/or mobile); strong JavaScript / TypeScript
• Frontend frameworks such as React (React Native preferred)
• Backend systems (Node.js or similar) and cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
• Preferred: CI/CD, DevOps, and experience in startups or early-stage products

What we offer

• Leading the development of digital health technologies with real clinical impact
• Access to multimodal research datasets and close collaboration with clinicians and neuroscientists
• Exposure to high-impact research, publications and regional collaborations