WBG Young Professional

WBG Young Professional

Are you ready for a career with a lasting impact?

The World Bank Group’s Young Professionals Program (YPP) offers exceptional professionals from around the world the opportunity to apply their specialized technical expertise, broaden their experience, and contribute to solutions to some of the most pressing development challenges. Young Professionals (YPs) work across the World Bank, IFC, MIGA, and ICSID in support of our mission to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. For more than 60 years, this highly competitive program has selected outstanding professionals to contribute to the institution’s work and develop as future leaders in global development.

We seek candidates who demonstrate strong leadership potential, exceptional technical skills, and a clear commitment to our mission and values. As a YP, you will collaborate with colleagues across disciplines and institutions, applying your expertise to help address pressing development challenges and improve lives around the world.

YPs join the World Bank Group on an initial two-year term contract, renewable subject to satisfactory performance. During this period, YPs complete three eight-month rotations: one with their primary function and area of expertise, one cross-institutional rotation, and at least one rotation based in a country office.  These assignments enable YPs deepen their technical and operational knowledge while gaining experience across different areas of the institution.

Through the YP Academy, YPs undertake a structured learning and development journey that includes technical and operational training, language programs, negotiation and business skills, and leadership development. They also receive individual coaching, connect with mentors, and participate in strategic dialogues with senior leaders.

Information & Technology Solutions (ITS) enables the World Bank Group to achieve its mission by delivering transformative technology to staff across 150+ locations. The Enterprise Architecture team defines WBG’s technology direction, conducts cross-portfolio assessments, develops reusable architecture frameworks and standards, and maintains enterprise platforms supporting architecture design, governance, intelligence, and knowledge management.

As WBG advances its Agentic AI and AI-enabled software delivery agenda, this role offers hands-on exposure to enterprise architecture, agent development, AI-assisted engineering, and technology governance in a global development context.

What You’ll Deliver

• The role will support the Enterprise Architecture team in research, documentation, analysis, and platform enhancement activities, with a specific focus on Agentic AI, AI-assisted coding, architecture automation, and reusable architecture assets.
• The role is intended to provide practical experience in enterprise architecture practices, emerging technology evaluation, and AI-enabled software delivery within the World Bank Group environment.
• 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.

What You’ll Bring

• 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

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of Urgency – Anticipating and quickly reacting to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful Risk Taking – Taking informed and thoughtful risks and making courageous decisions to push boundaries for greater impact.
3. Empowerment and Accountability – Engaging with others in an empowered and accountable manner for impactful results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.