WBG Young Professional

The World Bank Group’s Young Professionals Program (YPP) offers exceptional professionals the opportunity to apply their technical expertise and contribute to development challenges. This role supports the Enterprise Architecture team focusing on Agentic AI, AI-assisted coding, architecture automation, and reusable architecture assets within the World Bank Group environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the Enterprise Architecture team in research, documentation, analysis, and platform enhancement activities focusing on Agentic AI, AI-assisted coding, architecture automation, and reusable architecture assets.
• Conduct research and analysis on emerging technologies including Agentic AI, AI-assisted coding, cloud, integration, observability, and automation platforms.
• Assist in prototyping and evaluating agentic AI and AI-assisted coding tools including proof-of-concept agents, agent orchestration platforms, and AI coding assistants.
• Support AI-assisted development of EA platform features including potential enhancements to the Architecture Workbench.
• Help document reusable prompts, coding patterns, architecture guardrails, and practices for AI-enabled SDLC.
• Assist in developing reusable architecture artifacts including reference architectures, design patterns, agentic reference models, templates, and playbooks.
• Support content curation and knowledge management in the Architecture Center.
• Help prepare presentations, reports, and documentation for leadership, governance forums, and stakeholder discussions.
• Support research and data analysis for the Application Rationalization Framework, technology portfolio assessments, and architecture governance initiatives.
• Assist with Architecture Community of Practice activities including meeting notes, knowledge sharing, session preparation, and follow-up material.
• Support testing, feedback collection, and documentation for EA platforms and tools.

Requirements

• A minimum of a master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, AI, or a related field.
• 2–6 years of relevant professional experience.
• Foundational understanding of software engineering, cloud, data, and AI concepts.
• Hands-on experience programming using languages, such as Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Ability to design, develop, test, and maintain secure, scalable, and high-quality software applications using modern programming languages, frameworks, and engineering practices.
• Good understanding of software testing, observability, monitoring, performance optimization, troubleshooting, and reliability engineering principles to ensure production-grade solutions.
• Practical exposure to Agentic AI, LLMs, AI-assisted coding, and AI-enabled software engineering.
• Familiarity with tools or frameworks such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, LangChain, CrewAI, AWS AgentCore, or similar technologies is preferred.
• Ability to summarize complex technical topics clearly and concisely.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a diverse, global team environment.
• Demonstrated interest in development work and the World Bank Group’s mission.
• Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in diverse, team-based environments.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities within tight deadlines.

Skills

• Software Engineering
• Cloud Computing
• Data Concepts
• Artificial Intelligence
• Python Programming
• JavaScript Programming
• Typescript Programming
• Software Design
• Software Development
• Software Testing
• Observability
• Performance Optimization
• Technical Troubleshooting
• Reliability Engineering
• Agentic AI Modeling
• Large Language Models
• AI-assisted Coding
• AI-driven Software Engineering
• GitHub Copilot
• LangChain
• AWS AgentCore

Languages

English