AI Transformation (AI Engineer) (Shopee)

atShopee (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Department Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
LevelEntry Level
LocationBangkok

The Business Intelligence and Data Analytics team plays a critical role in conducting close-loop data-driven business iterations. As business intelligence specialists and data analysts, our scope of work is not limited to just performance monitoring and reporting, but also in proactively finding actionable insights to help drive high-impact business changes. Our end-to-end data solution reduces the gap between the business teams and technical teams, and achieves real ‘intelligence’ in the iteration cycle. Browse our Business Intelligence and Data Analytics team openings to see how you can make an impact with us.


About the Team:
We are looking for a Junior AI Engineer to join our team. You will work on building and maintaining AI-powered internal tools that directly impact how our teams operate. This is a hands-on engineering role where you will ship production code from day one, contributing to systems that serve hundreds of internal users daily. If you are excited about applying LLMs, vector search, and modern web technologies to solve real business problems, this role is for you.

Job Description:

AI
  • Develop and maintain Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines for internal knowledge retrieval and Q&A systems
  • Implement intent classification and message filtering (e.g., distinguishing questions from greetings/acknowledgments in Thai language contexts)
  • Work with vector databases for document embedding, indexing, and similarity search
  • Fine-tune confidence scoring, self-correction heuristics, and response quality evaluation
  • Integrate with LLM APIs (OpenAI-compatible, Anthropic) and internal model endpoints

Requirements:

Internal Tooling & Web Applications
  • Build and maintain internal web applications using Next.js, TypeScript, and PostgreSQL
  • Contribute to frontend performance optimization (React rendering, state management, caching strategies)
  • Write and optimize SQL queries, database migrations, and RLS policies

Automation & Infrastructure
  • Build and maintain workflow automation using n8n, including custom nodes and integrations
Experience required
  • any or no experience
Salary
  • Negotiable
Job function
  • IT / Programming
  • Research (R&D) / Science
Job type
  • Full-time

Company overview

Size:2000-5000 employees
Industry:Information Technology
Location:Bangkok
Website:careers.shopee.co.th
Founded in:2015
Ranking:4.5/5

Shopee makes online shopping easy, secure and fuss-free. Shopee is a mobile focused modern marketplace where everyone can browse, shop and sell products of all kinds anytime and anywhere. Shopee is tailored for Southeast-Asian markets, combining the easiness of consumer driven ma ...

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Why join us:

Shopee is rapidly online shopping tech company in Thailand and other South East Asian markets. We do innovate on many fronts in online shopping, providing an unique opportunity to learn about ecommerce technologies and trends. We have a multinational and dynamic workplace with gr ...

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