AI Engineer

Johannesburg, South Africa | Posted on 06/18/2026

Our client is seeking an experienced AI Engineer to design, develop, deploy, and optimize Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions that solve complex business challenges. The successful candidate will play a key role in building AI-powered applications, Generative AI solutions, intelligent agents, and scalable machine learning systems.

• Design, develop, and deploy AI and Machine Learning models.
• Build and maintain Generative AI applications and AI-powered solutions.
• Develop Proof of Concepts (POCs) and Minimum Viable Products (MVPs).
• Implement Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures.
• Develop AI agents and workflow automation solutions.
• Collaborate with Data Scientists, Engineers, and Business Stakeholders.
• Monitor and optimize AI model performance.
• Ensure AI solutions meet governance, security, and compliance requirements.
• Deploy AI workloads within cloud environments.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• 3+ years of hands‑on AI/ML engineering experience.
• Experience with machine learning frameworks such as:
  • Tensor Flow
  • Py Torch
  • Scikit-Learn

• Python
• Generative AI
• Prompt Engineering
• Vector Databases
• API Development
• Docker
• Git

• AWS AI Services
• Amazon Bedrock
• Sage Maker
• Lang Chain
• Lang Graph
• OpenAI APIs
• Anthropic Claude
• MLOps

• AWS Certification
• AI/ML Certifications
• Experience with enterprise AI deployments