Recruitment of 1st Senior AI/ML Engineer

Republic of Rwanda Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning P.O Box 158 Kigali, Rwanda ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Recruitment for Individual Consultant Services (1st Senior AI/ML Engineer) for the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) Background The Government of Rwanda (GoR) is implementing the Revenue Improvement and Spending Efficiency (RISE) Program-for-Results (PforR) Operation with support from the World Bank. The Program aims to strengthen domestic revenue mobilization, improve efficiency in public spending, and enhance transparency and accountability in public financial management systems. The Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) supports end-to-end public financial management processes, to improve operational efficiency, data quality, risk management, and decision support, IFMIS intends to implement AI and Machine Learning (ML) solutions that enhance forecasting, anomaly detection, process optimization, and user support, while maintaining strict requirements for security, auditability, compliance, and system performance Objective The Government of Rwanda seeks to engage two (2) Senior AI/ML Engineer Individual Consultants through a single competitive selection process, from which two separate contracts will be awarded to the first and second ranked candidates. Each consultant will be engaged under an independent contract and will be individually accountable for the full scope of duties described in this Terms of Reference. The consultants will design, develop, deploy, and maintain AI/ML solutions that enhance IFMIS business processes and analytics. Their work will focus on building production-ready, explainable, secure, and maintainable AI capabilities that seamlessly integrate with the IFMIS architecture and data environment. Although each consultant will operate under a separate contract, they are expected to