Senior AI Engineer – Johannesburg – up to R1.2mil per annum
e-Merge Recruitment
Job description
Our client, a leading financial services organisation, is looking for a Senior AI Engineer who can take sophisticated AI and data concepts and turn them into real, scalable, production-grade solutions.
You’ll operate at the intersection of AI, software engineering, data and enterprise architecture, developing solutions designed to deliver measurable business impact across a large and complex organisation.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop and deploy production-grade AI solutions
- Build Generative AI, LLM and Machine Learning applications
- Develop data pipelines, AI platforms and enterprise integrations
- Integrate AI capabilities with existing business systems and APIs
- Take ownership from architecture through development, deployment and optimisation
- Develop scalable, secure and maintainable solutions
- Apply MLOps, DevOps and CI/CD practices
- Support Responsible AI, data governance and enterprise architecture
- Collaborate with technical and business teams to deliver measurable outcomes
Qualifications & Experience
- Relevant degree in Computer Science, Engineering, AI, Data Science or related field
- 10+ years’ software engineering experience.
- 2+ years’ experience in AI, ML, Data or Automation Engineering.
- Strong Python development skills.
- Hands-on experience with AI/ML and Generative AI/LLM solutions.
- Experience designing data pipelines and data platforms.
- Strong API and enterprise integration experience.
- Proven experience taking solutions into production.
- Experience with Azure, C# and .NET.
- Strong CI/CD, DevOps or MLOps experience.
The Reference Number for this position is NG61515 which is a Permanent, Hybrid role in Johannesburg offering a salary of up to R1.2mil per annum salary negotiable based on experience. E-mail Nokuthula on nokuthulag@e-Merge.co.za or call her for a chat on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
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