Wadhwani AI Global (WAIG) is a next-generation AI transformation partner for governments and multilaterals across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. We combine cutting-edge AI products with deep advisory capabilities to unlock billion-dollar opportunities in health, education, and agriculture.
ResponsibilitiesBuild and ship mobile apps for low connectivity environments, including offline first sync, local storage, and conflict resolution.
Build and maintain backend services, containerised and deployed on AWS, along with their data layer.
Own the deployment and running of the services you build, including release, logging, and monitoring.
Build internal tools that let non technical colleagues review incoming data, annotate it, and track collection progress.
Turn model work into product. Our ML engineers build speech, audio, and vision models. You make them usable behind an API or on device.
Apply our security and data protection practices to every project you touch, and document the decisions you make.
Build focused prototypes that let us explore new problem areas quickly.
Establish engineering practice as you go: code review, testing, CI, and documentation.
3+ years building and shipping production applications, with real ownership of at least one product from first commit to live users.
Strong Python, ideally with FastAPI or a comparable async framework, and sound API design instincts.
Solid JavaScript or TypeScript on the client side, with React or React Native experience.
Comfortable designing and querying a database, and reasoning about schema trade offs rather than accepting the first design that works.
Practical AWS experience: you can provision, containerise, deploy, and debug a service.
Clear written communication, since most coordination is asynchronous and across time zones.
Offline first or intermittently connected application experience.
Mobile release experience: Play Store, over the air updates, build distribution to testers.
Exposure to data protection regimes (DPDP, GDPR, HIPAA), or to health or education data generally.
Experience serving ML models, or working closely with ML teams.
Comfort working in low resource field settings, or willingness to occasionally travel for deployment.
Skills Required
- 3+ years building and shipping production applications
- Production ownership of at least one product from first commit through live users
- Strong Python experience
- FastAPI or a comparable asynchronous framework experience
- Strong JavaScript or TypeScript experience on the client side
- React or React Native experience
- Database design and querying experience, including evaluating schema trade-offs
- Practical AWS experience provisioning, containerizing, deploying, and debugging services
- Clear written communication for asynchronous, cross-time-zone coordination
- Experience building offline-first or intermittently connected applications
- Mobile release experience, including Play Store, over-the-air updates, and tester distribution
- Exposure to DPDP, GDPR, HIPAA, or health and education data
- Experience serving machine-learning models or collaborating closely with machine-learning teams
- Comfort working in low-resource field settings or willingness to travel occasionally for deployment
What We Do
Wadhwani AI is an independent nonprofit institute that develops and deploys responsible artificial-intelligence solutions for underserved communities. Its work applies AI to complex social challenges across agriculture, healthcare, education, and public services, partnering with governments, NGOs, academic institutions, and private-sector organizations to create scalable, equitable, human-centered impact. Its tools support farmers, health systems, and grassroots communities across India at scale.
