Career Prospects - DRAFT

Graduates from the SMU School of Computing and Information Systems are highly sought after by employers. Our graduates, with their strong technological, business and people skills, usually receive multiple job offers before graduation.

Here are some career roles that our graduates have taken on, and the key industries that our graduates are/could be employed in:

Job Functions

BSc (Information Systems) Graduates

Business Analyst
Technopreneur
Enterprise Architect
Urban Planner
Sustainable Solution Designer
Account Technology Strategist
Application Developer
Business Intelligence Consultant
Data Scientist
Security Consultant

BSc (Computer Science) Graduates

Artificial Intelligence Developer
loT Solution Architect
Chatbot Engineer
Machine Learning Developer
Cybersecurity Analyst
Infrastructure Technical Analyst

BSc (Computing & Law) Graduates  - Business and Public Sectors

Digital Transformation Consultant
Public Interest Technologist
Regulatory & Policy Advisor
Technology Innovator

BSc (Computing & Law) Graduates - Consulting & Finance Sectors

Compliance and IT Auditor
Risk Management Analyst
Technology Strategist

BSc (Computing & Law) Graduates - Legal Sector

Legal Knowledge Engineer
Legal Tech / Project Manager
Legal Technologist
Lawyers or Legal Advisors Practicing Technology Law

BSc (Software Engineering) Graduates
Pending MOE's approval for Aug 2022 launch

Software Engineer
Web Developer
Front End Developer
Full-stack Developer
Programmer
IT Consultant
QA Engineer
Programmer Analyst

Key Industries

Administrative & Support Services
Advertising Services & Market Research
Banking & Finance
Consultancy
Education
Food & Beverage
Healthcare
Information & Communication
Legal, Accounting & Auditing
Logistics & Supply Chain Management
Ministries & Statutory Boards
Multi-National Corporations
Real Estate
Retail & eCommerce
Scientific Research & Development
Start-ups
Technology & Apps Development
Travel & Logistics

Notable Alumni

Su Mon Kywe
Su Mon Kywe

Research Scientist
Appthority, Inc. (Based in USA)

Developing signatures and rules of automated malware detection and providing input to dynamic engines built to analyse iOS and Android apps.

Calixto Tay Wei Kiat
Calixto Tay Wei Kiat

Managing Director (Technopreneur)
Originally US

Specialising in turning ideas into well-executed IT products.

Tay Jun Ru
Tay Jun Ru

Senior Metasearch Analyst
Expedia

In essence, my job requires me to be like a lab scientist by testing algorithms and pitting one against another! In short, analysing optimum bids for pay-per-click web market spaces.

Tay Wen Bin
Tay Wen Bin

Partner Systems Engineer
VMware, Inc.

Driving business opportunities as well as customers engagements with partners (system integrators, resellers and distributors) on a day-to-day basis; facilitating technical workshops to help my partners understand more about VMware’s portfolio of solutions.

Jenzus Hsu
Jenzus Hsu

Account Technology Strategist
Microsoft Corporation (Singapore)

Building trusted technology relationships with Technical Decision Makers, developing a long-term Business-to-IT strategy through effective orchestration of Microsoft and Partner Resources, securing long-term Sustainable Growth for Microsoft in a Cloud First, Mobile First World.

Gwendoline Tan
Gwendoline Tan

Analyst Programmer
Teckwah Industrial Corporation Ltd

Managing projects and working together with stakeholders (i.e. customers, vendors etc.) to deliver systems required to improve operational processes and productivity.

Olivia Chiu
Olivia Chiu

Business Planning & e-Commerce Manager
Bosch Singapore

Aide to the President of Southeast Asia, responsible for special projects and strategy development for cross-business unit topics. Similar to a marketing role within Bosch, championing Southeast Asia as a land of opportunities for growth investment. As of Jan 2017, in charge of the eCommerce business, bringing Bosch consumer products onto eRetailers (Lazada, Amazon, Shopee), setting up Shop-in-Shops and running cross-business unit, cross-country marketing campaigns etc.

Lim Yi Sheng
Lim Yi Sheng

Trading Platform Backend Developer
StashAway (Start-up)

Developing the trading system and handling financial transactions, portfolio analysis, and efficient allocation of investments.