AI Engineer

About the Role

Turnkey Africa Ltd is the leading pan-African insurance and bancassurance technology and services provider. We develop, supply, and manage end-to-end insurance business software solutions and services for the African insurance industry, currently serving over 42 clients across 7 countries. We are looking for an ambitious AI Engineer to join our Evolve team in building cutting-edge, AI-enabled features that transform insurance operations.

• Implement clearly scoped Python components, scripts, and integrations exposed to Evolve services through agreed APIs.
• Prepare and validate approved datasets for development and evaluation, ensuring high labelling quality.
• Integrate model or LLM APIs into Evolve workflows, supporting prompt configuration and response validation.
• Create and run repeatable evaluation cases covering typical, edge, and failure scenarios.
• Investigate unreliable outputs and escalation quality, safety, or data concerns to senior engineers.
• Support deployment and monitoring while adhering to approved privacy and security practices.

• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical training.
• Foundational Python programming skills demonstrated through coursework, internships, or personal projects.
• Basic understanding of machine learning concepts, evaluation metrics, and RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with Git, automated testing, and debugging within existing codebases.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills.

• Clear growth path to Associate AI Engineer based on performance and business needs.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI technologies in the pan-African insurtech sector.
• Collaborative environment with experienced software engineers and product teams.

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