AI Specialist - RegTech Platform

About the role

Imperium(L) is recruiting an AI Specialist to join its growing team in Mauritius. The role focuses on the RegTech platform used by regulated financial services firms, applying AI to make existing processes more efficient, covering data extraction, intelligent matching, process automation and AI-driven reporting. The candidate may also work on other platforms in the portfolio.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and deploy AI-powered features, integrating them across the stack from APIs to user interfaces.
• Build AI-driven reporting, predictive analytics and forecasting that give clients and the business deeper insight.
• Evaluate AI models and tools for accuracy, cost and reliability, and choose the right fit.
• Build the data pipelines and integrations that AI features depend on.
• Work with business analysts to identify automation opportunities and turn them into working solutions.
• Ensure responsible use of AI, with attention to data privacy, security and human review.
• Write clean, tested code, contribute to code reviews and CI/CD, and share knowledge of AI tools and practices with the team.

Required profile

• 2-3 years of hands-on experience in AI, machine learning or software development, with a solid development foundation.
• Degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science or equivalent practical experience.
• Passion for applied AI, a practical problem-solver comfortable owning work and communicating clearly with technical and non-technical colleagues.

Required skills

• Strong Python, including a web framework such as Flask, Django or FastAPI.
• Frontend development with React or similar.
• Practical AI experience, such as LLM APIs, RAG, embeddings or predictive and machine learning models.
• Solid understanding of REST APIs, Git and integration patterns.
• Nice to have: AWS services such as Lambda or Bedrock, vector databases, agent or orchestration frameworks, document AI or OCR, predictive modelling, BI/reporting tools and automated testing.

The team is small and the client base is international, so some working hours are aligned to their time zones. Applications are made through the recruiter.