AI Solution Engineer – LAC (Brazil) - 12 months contractor

AI Solution Engineer– LAC (Brazil) - 12 months contractor Overview: Working with governments, foundations, and public sector partners to turn complex challenges into buildable solutions and real impact through AI product-driven delivery. About Delivery Associates Delivery Associates (DA) is a global social impact consultancy specializing in transforming the public sector. With over a decade of experience and a foundation in Deliverology®, DA guides leaders through every phase of implementation—delivery-oriented strategy formulation, execution, and evaluation. DA partners with governments, philanthropies, and international organizations, employing actionable strategies to achieve sustainable, lasting outcomes. In every one of our services, you will find a throughline back to this focus on helping our partners deliver better results through better implementation. Job Description Delivery Associates is building a new kind of team—one that helps partners across government and the social sector move from policy ambition to real, AI-enabled products and services that improve outcomes for people. We are hiring an AI Solutions Engineer to serve as the technical backbone of this effort. This is neither a research role nor a narrowly defined engineering position. It is a delivery role at its core: translating complex, ambiguous public sector challenges into working solutions that can be deployed and used in the real world. In this role, you will work closely with Product, Delivery teams, and government counterparts to rapidly design, prototype, and ship AI-powered tools that are not only technically sound, but also practical, credible, and impactful. You will be expected to move quickly from problem definition to functional systems, operating in short, iterative cycles. This role is designed for someone who combines strong engineering judgment with a deep understanding of modern AI systems—and who can build quickly without compromising quality. Someone who is motivated by impact, comfortable with ambiguity, and driven to turn ideas into systems that improve how public institutions serve people. Core Responsibilities. This is a contractor role embedded within small, high-performing delivery teams, where product ownership and execution are tightly integrated. In this role, you will: Build functional AI-powered functional prototypes in 2–4 week cycles Design and implement agentic workflows using LLM APIs, structured tool use, multi-step orchestration, and MCP integrations Own the stack end to end: React/Next.js frontend, Python/Node.js backend, Supabase/PostGIS data layer, cloud deployment Work with messy, real-world government datasets — structure them, clean them, make them queryable Build systems that drive frontline action and institutional decisions Set architecture standards, review code, and guide a Full-Stack Developer on implementation patterns Create reusable component libraries and architecture templates that compound across government engagements Mindsets. We work well with people that are: Adaptable : Public sector work is dynamic. Our people are, too. Analytical: We identify, dissect, and solve complex problems. Accountable : We are a remote team. We work collaboratively but self-sufficiently; oversight is often minimal. Driven: Our work is important, so it’s important we do it well. Curious: We never stop learning from our clients, colleagues, and partners. Required Skills/Experience. 8+ years of professional software development experience, with a track record of building and shipping production systems Strong experience designing and implementing AI-powered applications using modern LLM stacks, including prompt engineering, structured outputs, tool use, and function calling Hands-on experience integrating LLMs into real workflows (not just prototypes), ensuring reliability, controllability, and usability of outputs Experience building end-to-end AI systems, including agentic or multi-step workflows, and Retrieval-Augmente…