AI Engineer

Twist Digital
Full-timeColombo, Sri LankaLKR 120,000 - 200,000/month

Position Overview

Immediate Hiring! We are looking for a highly driven AI Engineer to join the Twist Digital team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment and enjoys building intelligent systems from idea → prototype → MVP → real-world deployment.

As an AI Engineer, you will work closely with founders, product owners, backend engineers, and designers to build AI-powered products—including conversational agents, automation systems, and intelligent platforms. Your responsibility is to design, build, and iterate on AI-driven features while ensuring performance, scalability, and real-world usability.

This role is perfect for someone with hands-on AI/ML or LLM experience who wants to move beyond experiments and build real products that users and businesses rely on.

Key Responsibilities

AI System Design & Development

  • Design and build AI-powered features such as conversational agents, automation workflows, and intelligent decision systems.
  • Integrate LLMs, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and other AI APIs into production systems.
  • Develop AI pipelines for processing, understanding, and generating data (text, voice, structured data).
  • Optimize AI workflows for latency, cost efficiency, and scalability.

LLM & Conversational AI Engineering

  • Build prompt frameworks, memory systems, and tool integrations for AI agents.
  • Implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) using vector databases and knowledge bases.
  • Design conversational flows and fallback logic for AI agents.
  • Continuously improve AI accuracy, reliability, and safety.

Integration & Backend Collaboration

  • Work closely with backend engineers to integrate AI components into APIs, dashboards, and real-time systems.
  • Support real-time AI streaming (voice/chat) and session management.
  • Ensure AI components are production-ready and aligned with system architecture.

Experimentation & Iteration

  • Rapidly prototype AI features and validate product ideas.
  • Run experiments on model performance, prompting strategies, and user behavior.
  • Turn research and prototypes into scalable MVP features.

Documentation & Knowledge Sharing

  • Document AI system architecture, workflows, and best practices.
  • Share insights with product and engineering teams to guide AI-driven product decisions.

Qualifications

Experience

  • 2+ years of experience in AI/ML, data science, or software engineering (startup or project-heavy roles are acceptable).
  • Hands-on experience with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, or open-source models).
  • Experience building AI-powered applications or automation systems.
  • Familiarity with deploying models or AI services in production environments.

Skills

  • Strong programming skills in Python or JavaScript/Node.js.
  • Experience with AI frameworks, APIs, or ML tooling.
  • Understanding of embeddings, vector databases, and retrieval systems.
  • Knowledge of backend integration, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Ability to break down complex AI problems into practical engineering tasks.
  • Strong problem-solving and experimentation mindset.

Bonus Skills (Added Advantage)

  • Experience with speech-to-text and text-to-speech systems (Whisper, Deepgram, ElevenLabs, etc.).
  • Experience with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, Chroma).
  • Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or Azure AI services.
  • Knowledge of MLOps, model deployment, or cost optimization strategies.
  • Experience building AI agents, automation pipelines, or SaaS AI features.
  • Interest in startups, rapid experimentation, and AI-first product development.

Why Join Twist Digital?

At Twist Digital, we don’t just build products—we build systems that twist the fate of businesses. As an AI Engineer, you’ll work directly with founders and cross-functional teams to turn cutting-edge AI into real-world products that drive impact.

You’ll get the freedom to experiment, ship fast, and shape AI-driven products from the ground up—without enterprise bureaucracy slowing you down.

If you love ownership, speed, innovation, and building AI products that actually ship—this is your place.

Are you ready to become a Twister? 🚀 Apply now and let’s build the future together.

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