Affidea BV
Skills: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, C#/.NET
The Junior Digital Innovation Engineer supports the R&D team's mandate to explore and prototype emerging AI/ML capabilities, evaluate new technologies, and investigate improved software development approaches. Working under the guidance of the Team Lead and senior team members, the role conducts technology and literature scanning, assists in building proof-of-concept prototypes and feasibility spikes, documents findings clearly, and presents experiment results to the team. The role is expected to grow steadily in independence and technical scope as competence and confidence increase.
Technology & Literature Scanning
Researches and tracks developments in AI/ML, emerging frameworks, and developer tooling relevant to the product and team's technology stack.
Summarises findings from articles, papers, vendor releases, and community sources into digestible internal notes.
Flags technologies, platforms, or techniques (e.g., new LLM capabilities, AI/ML frameworks, cloud AI services) that may warrant a deeper spike.
Maintains an up-to-date view of the broader industry landscape relevant to the team's exploration areas.
Assisting with Prototypes and Feasibility Spikes
Assists in building small-scale proofs-of-concept and feasibility spikes under the guidance of the Team Lead or senior team members.
Implements clearly-scoped experimental tasks using assigned frameworks, APIs, or platforms (e.g., LangChain, Azure OpenAI, Hugging Face).
Sets up and tears down experimental environments in a controlled, low-risk manner.
Escalates technical blockers or scope uncertainty early rather than stalling on unclear experiments.
Documentation of Findings
Documents experiment setup, methodology, results, and conclusions clearly for each spike or proof-of-concept.
Records what worked, what did not, and why, to build the team's shared knowledge base.
Uses agreed tools (e.g., Confluence, Jira) consistently to track spikes and their outcomes.
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