This Volunteer Placement is Located in: Lima, Peru

Start Date: January 2027

Placement Length: 5 months

Language Requirements: Spanish Level 4-Advanced

Please submit a Spanish Resume and Statement of Interest

Eligibility: Open to Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada only

The Volunteer’s Role

Are you a software engineer eager to apply your technical skills where they can make a real social impact? Cuso International is seeking an AI Software Engineer to collaborate with our partner, CETEMIN, a leading technical education institution in Peru preparing students for the mining and technical sectors.

In this volunteer role, you will help design, build, and optimize intelligent learning platforms and practical AI tools. Working alongside local educators and technical teams, you will bridge up-to-date software engineering with international development, building sustainable,



scalable technology that empowers students and strengthens local technical capacity in Peru.

As a volunteer, you will:

Application & Codebase Assessment: Evaluate the current state of the application architecture, data flows, integrated models, and technical debt to establish clear development priorities. Feature Development & UI/UX: Design, code, and deploy functional application features, improving user interaction flows, front-end usability, and backend logic. LLM Integration & Performance: Implement and optimize LLM integrations (OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic), refine prompt workflows, and set up Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines to improve response accuracy. Knowledge

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