Techies x SGInnovate Tech Talk: New Dev Roles in the AI era
AI is changing how tech teams build, ship, and run products, which means the jobs themselves are shifting fast.
While Software Engineering is still at the core, teams are actively hiring people for specialized roles like Forward Deployed Engineers, AI Governance Analysts, AI Security Analysts, and Developer Relations professionals. These positions sit right at the intersection of technology, business, and human users, but what do they actually do on a random Tuesday?
Join us for this Tech Talk, a part of SGInnovate's Let's Tech It series, where we will bring together practitioners across these four areas for a candid, no-BS look into their day-to-day work, the skills that matter, how they landed their roles, and what you should know if you want to follow a similar path.
This session is co-hosted by SGInnovate, Techies Community and supported by the SkillsFuture Festival.
The Format: Human Library
We are skipping the usual corporate lectures. After a quick panel and open Q&A, we are jumping straight into a Human Library.
Each speaker hosts their own table focused on their career path. You can drop by any table, ask direct questions, get unfiltered career advice, and hear what the job is really like without the marketing fluff. Volunteers will be on hand to help keep conversations flowing so everyone gets time with the speakers.
What We Are Covering
Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE): Getting hands-on with enterprise AI rollouts, solving direct customer engineering problems, and consulting in the field.
Developer Relations (DevRel): Building developer communities, advocating for technical users, and turning developer feedback into real product features.
AI Security Analyst: Red teaming, hunting model vulnerabilities, assessing risk, and keeping AI deployments secure.
AI Governance Analyst: Navigating real-world compliance, setting up practical frameworks, and making sure AI systems are built responsibly.
Who Should Show Up
Software Engineers looking to pivot or level up
Technical Product Managers & AI Builders
Students & Early Career Professionals
Career Switchers exploring technical paths outside pure code
Anyone looking to build genuine connections in the local tech ecosystem
Agenda
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Registration & Warm-up Networking
7:00 PM – 7:10 PM | Welcome & Opening by Techies
7:10 PM – 7:40 PM | Panel Discussion: Real Career Paths & Current Hiring Trends
7:40 PM – 8:00 PM | Audience Q&A
8:00 PM – 8:15 PM | Closing Remarks & What's Next
8:15 PM – 9:00 PM | Human Library Session & Open Networking (Small group table discussions)
Note: Please grab a light bite before coming as refreshments won't be provided. We do, however, have a strong supper / late-dinner culture. Feel free to join us afterwards!
👋 More About Techies
Techies is a community where engineers come together to get geeky, challenge their craft, and learn from one another, without the fluff.
They've also wrapped Season 1 of Do You Even Build, a podcast for devs, by devs, where community contributors weigh in on tech news and what it means for how we actually build. Check out the podcast here.
Venue Partner: SGInnovate
SGInnovate is a Deep Tech ecosystem builder and investor, backed by the Singapore Government. Our expertise and approach combines investments, talent development and community-building to catalyse the translation of emerging technologies into tomorrow’s opportunities. Through our flagship Deep Tech Central platform, we connect individuals, founders and companies to specialised resources and opportunities across all technological domains and stages of growth. Our portfolio of emerging tech startups comprises some of the most promising companies leading the commercialisation of research developed from Singapore’s RIE ecosystem.
Connect with us at www.sginnovate.com.