# Senior AI Engineer – Johannesburg – up to R1.2mil per annum

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Company: e-Merge Recruitment

Category: Banking & Financial Services

Location: South Africa

Work type: Full-time

Work arrangement: On-site

Published: 2026-10-08

Expires: 2026-11-22

## 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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## Requirements

Apply by email: nokuthulag@e-merge.co.za

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