AI Engineer Job at Billease in Timor-Leste

First Digital Finance Corporation (FDFC) is a fintech company building disruptive and innovative products in retail credit for Southeast Asia. 

The company operates BillEase, the top-rated, buy now pay later (BNPL) platform for merchants and their customers in the Philippines with more than 2m downloads. As of Oct 2023 we partner with over 10000 merchants.

Vision: Build financial services that delight and enable consumers

Mission: Use software and AI and to build financial products that are at least 10x better than status quo for our customers

The Role

You will be responsible for :

• Assess and prioritize AI opportunities within FDFC portfolio companies based on impact, data maturity and technical feasibility to drive meaningful value creation
• Stay abreast of technical developments and combine that with a keen understanding of business logic from domain experts to derive practical roadmaps and approach for business development and partnerships that could create massive value
• Consult and drive engagement with FDFC portfolio companies’ management teams on their AI strategies, with a view to catalyse joint business opportunities, challenge current assumptions and understand portfolio company needs to co-create innovative business outcomes leveraging the use of AI/ML
• Interface and work closely with FDFC AI technical delivery unit to bring in the latest AI techniques to create outstanding AI solutions.
• Work with your teammates in an agile, start-up environment to solve diverse business and technical challenges

Ideal Profile

• 3+ years of experience with Python, Java and R
• Knowledge of AI frameworks, algorithms and principles
• Track record of working with customers to create significant outcomes leveraging AI/ML
• Experience in design/implementation/deployment/operations for Machine Learning/AI/Deep Learning solutions
• SQL and pre-SQL databases is essential
• Apache Spark, Hadoop, and AWS S3
• SparkSQL, Apache Flink, AWS
• Ability to technically consult on business and process related needs, work effectively with technical teams to convert them into technical requirements to achieve business outcomes
• Self-starter with a proven ability to manage multiple priorities and to work independently; Great team player who thrives in flat-hierarchy projects
• Good presentation abilities, with excellent communication and writing skills, with the ability to explain complex analytical concepts to people from other fields
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a highly quantitative field (Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operations Research, Statistics, Mathematics, etc.)

What's on Offer?

• Work alongside & learn from best in class talent
• Great work environment
• Flexible working options