AI Developer

United Nations

Location:
Deqing, China
Grade:
CON
Category:
Professional Staff
Posted Aug 14, 2026Apply by Sep 27, 2026 (34d left)
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The AI Developer will participate in the development, programming, testing, debugging and implementation of new applications with AI and/or Geospatial components, using UN established standards. The role includes preparing technical and user documentation, providing support for deployed systems, and keeping abreast of developments in the field to propose new models, tools and libraries.

Responsibilities

  • Participates in the development, programming, testing, debugging and implementation of new applications with an AI and/or Geospatial components, using UN established standards.
  • Prepares technical and user documentation for deployed computer application systems, as well as training materials and conducts technical presentations.
  • Provides support for deployed computer application systems including version management, data recovery and deployment to users' offices; performs ongoing reviews with users and developers and responds to users requests.
  • Keeps abreast of developments in the field; performs benchmarking and proposes new models, tools and libraries.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in computer science, information systems, mathematics, statistics, or related field.
  • A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
  • 4+ years of experience with Python and at least one ML library (Pytorch, jax, TF, etc.) is required.
  • 2+ years of experience with three or more of the following: model evaluation and fine-tuning; running Local Model Optimization & Quantization for server, desktop and mobile; Deploy/Monitor Model Serving / Data Pipeline; RAG development (Prompt design, Document parsing and integration pipeline, Document chunking strategies).
  • 1+ year of experience with OCR, Vision or ASR desirable.
  • 1+ year of experience with Classic NLP desirable.
  • Experience of git, CI/CD and container is required.
  • Ability to travel abroad for projects.
  • Applicants are required to be authorized to work in China regardless of where they live at the time of applying for the job opening.
  • Fluency in English (oral and written) is required.
  • Knowledge of other UN official languages is an advantage.
  • Applicants must be authorized to work in the duty station where the position is located.

Skills

  • Python Programming
  • Machine Learning Libraries
  • Model evaluation
  • Model fine-tuning
  • Local Model Optimization
  • Model Quantization
  • Model Deployment
  • Model serving monitoring
  • Data Pipeline Development
  • RAG Development
  • Prompt Design
  • Document Parsing
  • Document chunking strategies
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • Computer Vision
  • Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)
  • Classic natural language processing
  • Git Versioning
  • Continuous Integration
  • Continuous Deployment
  • Containerization Technologies

Languages

English