Contract Remote AI Engineer for Global Social Impact

The Agency Fund; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Global collaboration

Travel opportunities

Job summary

The Agency Fund seeks a seasoned software engineer for a contract role, joining a distributed team that builds AI-powered tools for NGOs. You will design, implement, and evaluate generative AI products, while integrating diverse data sources and open-sourcing meaningful innovations.

You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, and strategists to ship rapid, data-driven solutions and mentor NGO staff in best practices and tooling. This role emphasizes autonomy and impact across time zones.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant engineering experience at tech and product-driven companies.
• Proficient with TypeScript, React, and other web technologies.
• Proficient with a backend language (Python).
• Experience in proposing, designing, and running rigorous experiments with clear insights and product recommendations using R, SQL, or Python.
• Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Proficient in data engineering and integrating diverse data sources.
• Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Must have interest in large language models (LLMs) and generative AI.

Responsibilities

• Be agentic by fostering a culture of proactive problem-solving and initiative-taking.
• Build reference codebases for the social sector to learn from and adapt.
• Provide advice and support to NGOs building generative AI products.
• Streamline data across different sources to create a single source of truth for all analytics within a given organization.
• Open-source any non-trivial innovations that come out of our in-kind work.
• Create internal tools to run various experiments across digital services, such as content, schedule, and nudges.
• Participate in organizing workshops and seminars on a variety of topics, from cultivating research mindsets to innovations in personalizing interventions.
• Conduct site visits to observe NGO operations and draft recommendations to address technical needs.
• Ship fast by implementing rapid development and deployment cycles to deliver solutions efficiently and iteratively.
• Be a mentor to NGOs, demonstrating industry best practices, culture and tooling to the staff we may work with, helping to grow these capabilities from within as well

Skills

TypeScript

React

Python

SQL

R

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Data engineering

AWS

GCP

Azure

LLMs

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

The Agency Fund seeks a seasoned software engineer for a contract role, joining a distributed team that builds AI-powered tools for NGOs. You will design, implement, and evaluate generative AI products, while integrating diverse data sources and open-sourcing meaningful innovations.

You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, and strategists to ship rapid, data-driven solutions and mentor NGO staff in best practices and tooling. This role emphasizes autonomy and impact across time zones.