Junior AI Software Engineer (Onsite, Lagos)

About the role

Our client is looking for a motivated Junior AI Software Engineer to join a fast‑growing technology team in Lagos. You will work side‑by‑side with senior engineers to design, develop, test and deploy AI‑powered applications that power web and mobile products.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in designing, developing and maintaining AI‑enabled software applications.
• Integrate large language models (e.g., GPT, Gemini, Claude) into web and mobile solutions.
• Build RESTful APIs and backend services using FastAPI, Flask or Django.
• Collect, clean and preprocess datasets for model training and evaluation.
• Test, debug and optimise AI applications for performance and scalability.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers and engineers to deliver AI‑driven features.
• Monitor deployed models, gather user feedback and improve model performance.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, AI, Data Science or a related field.
• 1–3 years of software engineering or AI development experience (internships count).
• Strong understanding of programming concepts and software development principles.
• Analytical mindset with problem‑solving abilities.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Python.
• Knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript (optional).
• Experience with AI/ML libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit‑learn and Hugging Face Transformers.
• Familiarity with REST APIs and backend frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, Django).
• Basic understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG and AI agents.
• Experience with vector databases (Pinecone, ChromaDB, Weaviate, FAISS).
• SQL and NoSQL database skills.
• Version control with Git.
• Basic Docker usage and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Exposure to OpenAI, Anthropic or Gemini APIs, LangChain or LlamaIndex, CI/CD pipelines.