Research Engineer/Senior Research Engineer (15-month contract), SCIS

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

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.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The candidate will be responsible for conducting research on evaluation of LLM-generated software code. Successful candidate will be part of an active research team led by Prof WYNTER from School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS), Singapore Management University (SMU).

• Research into devising new metrics quantifying AI-generated code quality.
• Development of LLM agents for evaluating code quality.
• Automatic evaluation of the evaluations of the LLM agents.
• Academic publication writing and presentations at seminars.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum Master’s in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or closely related disciplines from a reputable institution of higher learning; with particular focus on Gen AI and experience in software engineering.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant research experience in the above areas with academic publications in top AI and/or software engineering venues.
• Proficiency in programming software/languages such as python is required.
• Proven track record and professional experience in Gen AI and software engineering.
• Demonstrated experience and know-how on academic paper-writing.
• Ability to break down complex problems and design effective solutions.
• Innovating new approaches and thinking outside the box.
• Applicants with research publications in the above area will be advantageous.
• Ability to work cooperatively as part of a small, agile academic research team is essential.
• Self-motivated individual who can work independently and collaboratively with team members.