Senior AI Engineer
Job in
Cape Town, 7100, South Africa
Listed on 2026-05-25
Listing for:
Boardroom Appointments
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-05-25
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
AI Engineer (Applied/Software), Machine Learning/ ML Engineer, Data Scientist
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Build and deploy AI/ML models for use cases such as content recommendation, sentiment analysis, auto-tagging, voice-to-text transcription, and audience segmentation.
- Design intelligent tools to assist content creators, editors, and marketing teams with automation, prediction, and optimization.
- Develop NLP and computer vision pipelines to analyze video, audio, text, and metadata at scale.
- Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and media technologists to integrate AI into digital platforms, CMS, and distribution channels.
- Mentor junior engineers and data scientists, providing architectural guidance and peer reviews.
- Stay up to date with the latest in generative AI, LLMs, and multimodal learning to push innovation in how media is produced and consumed.
- Bachelor's or Masters degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or related field (PhD a plus).
- 5+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, preferably in a digital media, entertainment, or streaming environment.
- Proven expertise in Python and AI frameworks such as Tensor Flow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, or spaCy.
- Deep understanding of natural language processing (NLP), including entity recognition, summarization, and topic modeling.
- Experience working with video, audio, and image data using tools like OpenCV, ffmpeg, and media-specific ML libraries.
- Familiarity with content management systems, media workflows, and publishing platforms.
- Hands-on experience deploying AI solutions to production in cloud environments (AWS, etc.).
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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