Intermediate AI Engineer Pretoria Hybrid Permanent R800K PA
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Job Location:
Pretoria - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
9 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Introduction
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.
Duties & Responsibilities
Core AI & Language Stack:
- Strong proficiency in Python (mandatory)
- Proficiency in an additional programming language (advantageous)
- Hands-on experience with LangChain or similar LLM frameworks
- (LangGraph LlamaIndex AutoGen are strong pluses)
- Experience with vector databases (Pinecone Weaviate Qdrant pgvector)
- Familiarity with LLM APIs (GPT Claude) or local LLMs (Ollama HuggingFace)
Backend & Infrastructure:
- API development using FastAPI or Flask
- Strong PostgreSQL & SQL skills; NoSQL knowledge is beneficial
- Cloud deployment experience on AWS (Bedrock SageMaker Lambda)
- Docker and container orchestration (Kubernetes or ECS)
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform AWS CDK or CloudFormation)
- 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)
Qualifications & Experience:
- 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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