AI Engineer

Summary

Join HyperionDev, a leading provider of accelerated tech education, as a highly skilled AI Engineer. You will design, develop, and deploy rapid AI prototypes, collaborating with product and engineering teams. This role involves translating conceptual ideas into MVPs using machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI. You will build interactive demos and APIs, stay current with AI/ML advancements, and optimize app performance. HyperionDev offers a hybrid work environment with remote options and opportunities to learn new tech skills through their coding bootcamps. The company is known for its impactful work in making tech education accessible globally.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field
• 2+ years of experience in machine learning, data science, or AI engineering
• Strong programming skills in Python and experience with relevant libraries (e.g.Pydantic, OpenAI, LangChain)
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, foundational models, and cloud-based AI services (e.g., Azure ML, AWS Sagemaker, or Google Vertex AI)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, startup-like environment with a focus on rapid delivery and iteration
• Experience building APIs or lightweight UIs to demonstrate AI models

Responsibilities

• Rapidly build and iterate on AI prototypes using tools such as AI Agents, LLM API calls, Pydantic AI, Langchain, RAGs, and other
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define AI use cases and data requirements
• Build interactive demos or APIs to showcase the prototypes to internal or external stakeholders
• Stay current with AI/ML advancements and evaluate new tools and libraries that can accelerate development
• Optimize app performance and scalability for proof-of-concept demos

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with prompt engineering and fine-tuning LLMs
• Knowledge of MLOps or deploying open-source large language models in production environments
• Familiarity with vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS)
• Prior experience in building AI products in EdTech, FinTech, or HealthTech is a plus

Benefits

• Hybrid work : We are a hybrid work organisation offering flexibility on your schedule. Remote working options are available for candidates not in proximity of a HyperionDev Campus
• Learn new tech skills: We offer our employees the opportunity to enrol part-time in our Coding Bootcamps
• Join the heart of tech in Africa, Europe and the US: You'll work with the best of the best and rub shoulders with the world leaders in edtech, developer education, and developer assessments. Join one of the most ambitious and highest performing tech companies in the space, with a management team that draws their former experience from top tech companies
• Life-changing work: Solve real problems that make education and tech careers accessible to those who need it most: you're allowed to brag about it