AI Agent Engineer — Build Production-Ready AI Agents

AES Global; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

AES Global in Cape Town is seeking an AI Engineer to build and run AI agents that deliver real value across the business, by shipping production-grade Python back-ends and services.

You’ll join a small Data & AI team, own end-to-end delivery from design through production, and contribute to reusable platform components while upholding engineering standards in a hybrid Cape Town office.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software-engineering experience with production Python at the core.
• Proven experience building Python back-ends (APIs, services) and deploying to production.
• Solid engineering practices: version control, CI/CD, testing, code review and documentation.
• Practical cloud deployment experience (Azure/AWS/GCP) including containerisation basics.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy AI agents on the platform, owning delivery from design through to production — monitored and governed
• Write production-grade Python back-ends and services that expose agents to the business
• Contribute to the platform itself — reusable components, deployment patterns, session and cost handling, and integrations
• Uphold engineering standards through PR reviews, testing and documentation
• Work alongside the AI and Data Engineering teams to take agents from backlog to production

Skills

Python

APIs

CI/CD

Cloud deployment

Testing

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

AES Global in Cape Town is seeking an AI Engineer to build and run AI agents that deliver real value across the business, by shipping production-grade Python back-ends and services.

You’ll join a small Data & AI team, own end-to-end delivery from design through production, and contribute to reusable platform components while upholding engineering standards in a hybrid Cape Town office.