Result of Service
Design and Development of software applications using Machine Learning models
Contribute technical expertise to requirements analysis to improve the quality of the solution design
Provide detailed documentation of changes and manage version control with the available systems (Git)
Provide 3rd level application support and problem resolution in relation to the models
Work Location
In-Person
Deqing, China
Expected duration
6 months
Duties and Responsibilities
Come work for the United Nations! The Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) is leading the digital transformation of the Organization to enable a better, safer, more sustainable future through secure, reliable, and innovative technology solutions. The United Nations Office of Information and Communication Technology's Enterprise Solutions Service (OICT/ESS) develops and supports a wide range of enterprise solutions and provides products and services that support the work of the UN.
OICT is committed to achieving a 50/50 gender balance and geographical diversity in its staff, and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this position. OICT supports the principles of work-life balance and flexible work arrangements. This position is within the OICT/ESS office, hosted by the United Nations Global Geospatial Knowledge and Innovation Centre. This position is based in Deqing, China. Duties and Responsibilities:
Participates in the development, programming, testing, debugging and implementation of new applications with an AI and/or Geospatial components, using UN established standards
Prepares technical and user documentation for deployed computer application systems, as well as training materials and conducts technical presentations.
Provides support for deployed computer application systems including version management, data recovery and deployment to users' offices; performs ongoing reviews with users and developers and responds to users requests.
Keeps abreast of developments in the field; performs benchmarking and proposes new models, tools and libraries.
Performs other related duties as assigned. Nota bene:
The consultant has 10 paid UN holidays per calendar year, following the calendar of the UNESCAP office in Bangkok.
Qualifications/special skills
Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in computer science, information systems, mathematics, statistics, or related field.
A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. 4+ years of experience with Python and at least one ML library (Pytorch, jax, TF,…) is required. 2+ years of experience with three or more of these is required: model evaluation and fine-tuning, running Local Model Optimization & Quantization for server, desktop and mobile, Deploy/Monitor Model Serving / Data Pipeline, RAG development (Prompt design, Document parsing and integration pipeline, Document chunking strategies). 1+ year of experience with OCR, Vision or ASR desirable 1+ year of experience with Classic NLP a plus.
Experience of git, CI/CD and container. Ability to travel abroad for projects.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in English (oral and written) is required. Knowledge of other UN official languages is an advantage.
Additional Information
Applicants must be authorized to work in the duty station where the position is located.