# Applied AI Engineer Level 2

We’re looking for a motivated Applied AI Engineer (Level 2) who enjoys solving complex business problems using artificial intelligence, building production-ready AI solutions, and driving the adoption of AI-assisted practices across engineering and business teams. This is a hands-on role where you'll take ownership of AI capabilities from design through deployment, working with large language models (LLMs), AI agents, APIs, and modern software engineering practices to deliver practical AI solutions that create real business value. What You'll Do Design, develop, and deploy end-to-end AI solutions that address business and operational challenges Build and integrate Large Language Model (LLM) solutions, AI agents, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) capabilities Develop and maintain scalable APIs and services that enable AI functionality across platforms Partner with business and engineering teams to understand requirements and recommend AI-driven solutions Evaluate AI models, tools, and frameworks to determine the most appropriate approach for specific use cases Develop comprehensive testing and evaluation frameworks to ensure AI solution reliability and performance Monitor, tr

- **Id**: 3984538
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/derivco-applied-ai-engineer-level-2>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Durban, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T21:08:31Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T21:08:31Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3577
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: iGaming & Gambling

## Company

- **Id**: 3880369
- **Name**: Derivco
- **Domain**: derivco.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/derivco-2>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: BambooHR

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **NLP** — Optional: no
- **RAG** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T21:08:31Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 15
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T22:38:06Z

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