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Machine Learning Scientist
Overview
Wave is hiring a Machine Learning Scientist to help make Africa the first cashless continent by building financial services that are accessible and reliable.
Job Description
Wave is a financial services company focused on making Africa the first cashless continent. They provide mobile money services across multiple countries in Africa, aiming to offer financial services that are affordable and accessible.
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
- - 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
- - Experience taking ML models from prototype to production
- - Fluent in English, bilingual in French is a bonus
Benefits
- - Subsidized health insurance for you and your dependents
- - Retirement contributions
- - 6 months of fully paid parental leave
- - Subsidized fertility assistance
- - Flexible vacation
- - $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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