Applied AI Engineer

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people worldwide for a better future.

**Job Overview**

The Applied AI Engineer (AAE) ensures AI systems work in the real-world contexts they are designed to serve. This works on designing (e.g., building flows and structured agents), deploying, adapting, testing, and validating AI systems in program environments to ensure they are accurate, usable, and effective in practice.

The AAE works directly with country teams, partners, and communities to configure AI systems for local contexts, including language, cultural nuance, and operational constraints. They are responsible for what goes into the system, how it behaves, and whether it delivers meaningful outcomes for end users, making key implementation decisions on system configuration, behavior and deployment approaches based on field conditions and user needs.

Owning deployments across the full lifecycle, from initial configuration through iteration, evaluation and scale, the AAE translates real-world complexity and field insights into concrete system improvements, product decisions and deployment strategies.

Acting as the bridge between technical development and field implementation, the AAE surfaces failure modes early, strengthens system performance and informs the evolution of tools, workflows and infrastructure required for scalable deployment. The role also identifies patterns across imp