The Role
The AI Engineering Leader will guide AI and machine learning project development, ensuring delivery of solutions that meet business requirements while leading a team and fostering a culture of improvement.
Summary Generated by Built In
Why should you join dLocal?
dLocal enables the biggest companies in the world to collect payments in 40 countries in emerging markets. Global brands rely on us to increase conversion rates and simplify payment expansion effortlessly. As both a payments processor and a merchant of record where we operate, we make it possible for our merchants to make inroads into the world’s fastest-growing, emerging markets.
By joining us you will be a part of an amazing global team that makes it all happen, in a flexible, remote-first dynamic culture with travel, health and learning benefits, among others. Being a part of dLocal means working with 1000+ teammates from 30+ different nationalities and developing an international career that impacts millions of people’s daily lives. We are builders, we never run from a challenge, we are customer-centric, and if this sounds like you, we know you will thrive in our team.
What's the Opportunity?
The AI Engineering Leader has a pivotal role in our organization, responsible for guiding the team that develops enterprise-level solutions aimed at scaling and automating value-driven outcomes for our business. The leader will oversee all aspects of AI engineering, from conceptualization to deployment, ensuring the delivery of cutting-edge solutions that meet both business and technical requirements. This position requires a unique blend of technical expertise and leadership skills, as you'll be responsible for driving AI projects from conceptualization to implementation.
What Will I Be Doing?
- Collaborating closely with both business and engineering teams to identify, define, and prioritize AI and machine learning projects.
- Leading the quick and effective development of proofs of concept for various AI initiatives.
- Designing, building, and deploying AI solutions using a stack that features Python, machine learning libraries, AI third-party services, and AWS services.
- Serving as a mentor and technical leader within the team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- You'll be responsible for communicating and planning between other teams.
- You'll be responsible for hiring for your team.
- You'll be expected to drive technical direction in projects and ensure they meet scalability and robustness requirements, involving other stakeholders when needed.
What Skills Do I Need?
- A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field.
- Strong proficiency in Python and a deep familiarity with standard machine learning libraries.
- Experience in applied machine learning projects.
- Practical understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Natural Language Processing (NLP).
- Extensive hands-on experience with AWS, it is a plus to have experience in GCP.
- Practical knowledge in building and deploying microservices.
- Capability to integrate third-party APIs and AI services.
- Experience with monitoring applications in production.
- Experience with code versioning (GitHub, BitBucket, or similar).
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Enjoy writing documentation and understand why it's valuable.
- Advanced/fluent English.
- Be a team player.
What do we offer?
Besides the tailored benefits we have for each country, dLocal will help you thrive and go that extra mile by offering you:
- Remote work: work from anywhere or one of our offices around the globe!*
- Flexibility: we have flexible schedules and we are driven by performance.
- Fintech industry: work in a dynamic and ever-evolving environment, with plenty to build and boost your creativity.
- Referral bonus program: our internal talents are the best recruiters - refer someone ideal for a role and get rewarded.
- Learning & development: get access to a Premium Coursera subscription.
- Language classes: we provide free English, Spanish, or Portuguese classes.
- Social budget: you'll get a monthly budget to chill out with your team (in person or remotely) and deepen your connections!
- dLocal Houses: want to rent a house to spend one week anywhere in the world coworking with your team? We’ve got your back!
*For people based in Montevideo (Uruguay) applying to non-IT roles, 55% monthly attendance to the office is required
What happens after you apply?
Our Talent Acquisition team is invested in creating the best candidate experience possible, so don’t worry, you will definitely hear from us. We will review your CV and keep you posted by email at every step of the process!
Also, you can check out our webpage, Linkedin, Instagram, and Youtube for more about dLocal!
Top Skills
AWS
Bitbucket
GCP
Git
Machine Learning Libraries
Microservices
Python
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The Company
What We Do
dLocal started with one goal – to close the payments innovation gap between global enterprise companies, and customers in emerging economies. We have over 900 payment methods, in more than 40 countries.
With the ability to accept local payment methods and facilitate cross-border fund settlement worldwide, our merchants reach billions of underserved consumers in the high-growth markets of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. dLocal offers the ideal payment solutions for global commerce:
Payins: Accept local payment methods
Payouts: Compliantly send funds cross-border
Defense Suite: Manage fraud effectively
dLocal for Platforms: Unify your platform’s payment solution
Local Issuing: Localize payments for your gig-economy workers, suppliers, and partners
