Senior Engineer, Aspiring AI Builder (Remote, LATAM)

About the role

This role is built for a strong, self-directed software engineer who is passionate about AI/ML and eager to bring it to production.

Responsibilities

• Ship reliable production systems
• Teach yourself the modelling side of ML as you go
• Make the early calls and build the foundation for future ML work
• Learn by building and get a kick out of solving open problems

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of shipping and maintaining production systems
• Strong Python proficiency, comfortable writing clean, production-grade code
• Demonstrated ability to teach yourself hard things
• Hands-on tinkering with AI/ML: side projects, experiments, coursework, or professional exposure
• Solid experience deploying and operating applications on cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Experience building data pipelines or backend services that move and transform data at scale
• Strong communication skills: able to explain technical tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Nice-to-Have

• Hands-on experience with a major ML framework (PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar)
• Experience taking ML models into production, including deployment and monitoring
• Familiarity with MLOps tooling (MLflow, Weights & Biases, Airflow)
• Exposure to LLMs, RAG architectures, fine-tuning, or building LLM-powered applications
• Background in financial services, healthcare, or another regulated industry
• Contributions to open-source ML projects or public technical work

Mandatory Requirements:

• B2+ level English communication skills
• Location in Latin America

Of Note:

• Completed background checks will be required before the start date
• You will be required to disclose your engagement with DevEngine as a primary client on your professional LinkedIn profile