Senior AI Engineer (Cloud & Data Engineering) (Contract) GautengHybrid ISB1102865

Midrand - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Our client is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to design develop and implement advanced statistical artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions to address complex business challenges.

The role requires close collaboration with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions build and deploy cloud-based AI applications and support end-to-end delivery of high-quality scalable solutions within an Agile delivery environment.

Key Highlights

Senior AI engineering role with strong data and cloud focus
Hands-on delivery of AI/ML solutions in production environments
Hybrid and remote working flexibility with 1960 flexible annual hours

Position Details

Contract Duration: 01 February 2026 31 December 2028
Commencement Date: 01 February 2026
Location: Hybrid Midrand / Menlyn / Rosslyn / Home Office rotation
Role Group: Data Science & Engineering / DevOps
Experience: 6-8 Years related experience

Product / Team Context

The role operates within a data science and engineering environment focused on delivering AI-driven solutions that integrate with business systems. The team works closely with business engineering and delivery teams to define scope design data pipelines and deploy AI solutions that meet quality performance and security standards.

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Data Science Artificial Intelligence or a related field
Proven experience building and deploying statistical AI and machine learning models
Experience working within multi-national organisations
Strong understanding of business requirements and the ability to move solutions from ideation to implementation

Essential Skills & Technologies

Strong data engineering skills including Python coding and data ingestion (ETL Kafka Apache Spark)
Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks (e.g. LangChain LangGraph GAIA)
Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications
Experience defining acceptance criteria and managing scope for technical deliverables
Frontend development skills (HTML CSS JavaScript/TypeScript Angular or React)
Unit testing frameworks (Jest pytest)
AWS services: API Gateway Lambda DynamoDB S3 SQS
Git and GitHub Actions for version control and CI/CD
Understanding of UI/UX principles
RESTful APIs and GraphQL
Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Adaptability to perform additional tasks under the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

Advantageous Skills

Familiarity with LLM-based applications and their business use cases
Experience with programming languages such as Python R or similar
Knowledge of data visualisation tools and techniques
Previous experience in a similar role within a global organisation

Key Responsibilities

Work with stakeholders to gather and translate requirements into actionable technical tasks
Define project scope and align business and technical teams
Design data pipelines and propose AI solutions
Support development cycles and solution delivery
Facilitate collaboration between business engineering teams and EDE teams
Develop and maintain high-quality efficient software and custom solutions
Build deploy and scale cloud applications using AWS with a focus on performance and security
Document system designs APIs and key technical details
Resolve operational issues and support onboarding of new use cases
Ensure deliverables meet quality standards and project goals
Take ownership and deliver impactful meaningful solutions

South African citizens/residents preferred
Valid work permit holders will be considered
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Our client is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to design develop and implement advanced statistical artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions to address complex business challenges. The role requires close collaboration with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical sol...