AI Engineering Lead: Generative AI, LLMs & MLOps Lead

Network Finance; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Finance in Randburg, South Africa, is seeking a Lead AI engineer to head a compact team hands-on with deep LLM integration, voice-pipeline (STT/TTS) and production-scale AI systems. You will design, deploy and govern AI/ML solutions, mento r engineers, and drive MLOps across projects.

You will work with cloud environments (Azure), Python and AI frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, LangChain), while shaping API design and scalable architecture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's in CS/AI/Engineering or related field (Masters preferred).
• 8+ years software engineering or ML experience.
• 3+ years in technical leadership or management.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale AI/ML solutions.
• Experience working in Azure cloud environments.
• Strong Python and AI/ML frameworks: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, LangChain.
• Experience with Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, and AI Agents.
• Strong ML algorithms, NLP, deep learning, and data modeling.
• Familiarity with vector databases, API development, and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement AI strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Establish AI engineering standards, governance and best practices.
• Design, develop and deploy AI, ML and generative AI solutions.
• Oversee the end-to-end AI lifecycle from development to deployment and monitoring.
• Implement MLOps practices to support efficient model deployment and maintenance.
• Evaluate and adopt AI tools, frameworks and cloud technologies.

Skills

LLM integration

Voice pipeline

Python

API design

GitHub workflow

Production AI

People leadership

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Hugging Face

LangChain

NLP

Data modeling

Vector databases

API development

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/AI/Data Science/Engineering

Tools

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Hugging Face

LangChain

Eval frameworks

Job description

Network Finance in Randburg, South Africa, is seeking a Lead AI engineer to head a compact team hands-on with deep LLM integration, voice-pipeline (STT/TTS) and production-scale AI systems. You will design, deploy and govern AI/ML solutions, mento r engineers, and drive MLOps across projects.

You will work with cloud environments (Azure), Python and AI frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, LangChain), while shaping API design and scalable architecture.