Intermediate AI Engineer Hybrid R800K PA

We are looking for a versatile Intermediate AI Engineer with 4 to 7 years of software engineering experience to join our growing team.

This hybrid role blends general software engineering with cutting‑edge AI development. You will focus on building autonomous AI agents, complex reasoning workflows, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, while also contributing to full‑stack enterprise web applications.

• Strong proficiency in Python (mandatory)
• Proficiency in an additional programming language (advantageous)
• Hands‑on experience with Lang Chain or similar LLM frameworks
• (Lang Graph, Llama Index, Auto Gen are strong pluses)
• Experience with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, pgvector)
• Familiarity with LLM APIs (GPT, Claude) or local LLMs (Ollama, Hugging Face)

• API development using FastAPI or Flask
• Strong Postgre
  
  SQL & SQL skills;
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  SQL knowledge is beneficial
• Cloud deployment experience on AWS (Bedrock, Sage Maker, Lambda)
• Docker and container orchestration (Kubernetes or ECS)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK, or Cloud Formation)
• Software Engineering
• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and design patterns
• Full‑stack development using React, Vue, or Angular
• Experience with unit & integration testing (Pytest)
• Strong Git skills and collaborative workflows (PRs, branching)

• IT Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 4 to 7 years of general Software Engineering experience
• Proven experience building LLM‑based applications or AI agents

Reference Number for this position is GZ60985 which is a permanent Hybrid position based in Pretoria offering a cost to company salary of R800K PA negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on  or call him on  to discuss this and other opportunities.

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