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

The Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) of the United Nations is leading the digital transformation of the Organization to enable a better, safer, more sustainable future through secure, reliable, and innovative technology solutions. The OICT'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 (9-17, 5 days a week) 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, Zhejiang, 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 the following are 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 desirable Experience of git, CI/CD and container is required Ability to travel abroad for projects. Applicants are required to be authorized to work in China regardless of where they live at the time of applying for the job opening. Are you authorized to work in China? The UN will not sponsor for a visa. Please explain how you meet this criterion.

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.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.

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