Python
GraphQL
Kotlin
Applied AI Engineer
Overview
Wave is hiring an Applied AI Engineer to help make Africa the first cashless continent by building financial services that just work.
Job Description
Wave Mobile Money Inc. is a company focused on making Africa the first cashless continent by providing financial services that are no-fee, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. They have millions of users across 9 countries and are growing fast.
Responsibilities
- - Architect and ship autonomous voice and digital agents that power 10M+ customer interactions per month across West Africa
- - Own end-to-end agent systems from core models through multi-channel orchestration
- - Architect solutions that work reliably where connectivity is poor, literacy can be low, and most languages lack training data
- - Drive real ownership, from problem discovery to running in production
- - Shape the future by solving genuinely hard technical problems
Required Skills
- - 5 years of ML experience
- - Strong proficiency in Python and common ML libraries
- - Solid theoretical foundation in stats and ML
- - Experience working with voice agents
- - Proven hands-on experience building with LLMs or NLP systems (prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings, fine-tuning, etc.)
- - Experience taking ML models from prototype to production
- - Fluent in English, (bilingual in French is a big bonus!)
Benefits
- - Subsidized health insurance for you and your dependents and retirement contributions
- - 6 months of fully paid parental leave and subsidized fertility assistance
- - Flexible vacation, with most folks taking between 21-30 days exclusive of statutory holidays
- - $10,000 annual charitable donation matching
About the company
We’re on a mission to make Africa the first cashless continent. On a continent where over half the population has no bank account, Wave is building the first modern financial network — no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere!
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