Platform Ai Engineer

Summary

Join BVNK, a modern payment infrastructure provider, as a Software Engineer specializing in AI and ML. You will play a crucial role in building seamless cross-border payments involving crypto and fiat currencies, overcoming challenges to ensure smooth trading processes and streamlined liquidity management. This position requires collaboration with the product team, translating technical information to non-technical stakeholders, and advocating for efficient solutions. You will develop future-proof products, design AI agents, and contribute to the engineering culture. BVNK offers a hybrid/remote work policy, competitive salary, employee option scheme, flexible working hours, flexible holiday approach, and opportunities for global collaboration.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Solid Backend Developer in a similar role, preferably in the FinTech industry
• Experience in Python and ML frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch
• Experience in building and maintaining APIs, services, and ML model deployment pipelines
• Strong background in training, fine-tuning, and deploying machine learning models in production environments
• Excellent problem-solving skills, able to work independently or in a team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Are data-driven, using analytical skills to make pragmatic decisions about both traditional systems and ML applications

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with our product team to iterate fast and deliver results across both traditional backend systems and ML-powered features
• Translate from technical to non-technical with stakeholders across the business, particularly in explaining ML model decisions and capabilities
• Advocate for the simplest but most effective approach in everything we do, balancing traditional software solutions with AI-driven approaches
• Develop future-proof products, focusing on delivering quality code consistently and efficiently while incorporating ML model lifecycle management
• Design and implement AI agents and automated systems that enhance our product capabilities and operations
• Contribute to our engineering culture and standards to help us perform better

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Java and Spring Boot is a plus
• Experience in AI agent development, including working with large language models and reinforcement learning
• Good understanding of financial services, particularly in banking, payments, trading or crypto
• Familiarity with distributed ledger technology or blockchain is a plus
• Experience with ML ops tools and practices, including model monitoring and versioning

Benefits

• Fair and competitive salary at every stage of your growth
• Meaningful ownership in the business through our employee option scheme
• Flexible working hours, with hybrid working at its heart
• A culture built on passionate growth-minded people
• A flexible approach to holiday
• Opportunities to travel to our offices around the world , in locations such as London and Cape Town, to collaborate with your colleagues
• An open and creative environment where you can help us define the future of BVNK, its culture, and its opportunity sets