AI Engineering Lead: Scale Gen AI & LLMs

Network Recruitment; Johannesburg; Presencial; ZAR 1.000.000 - 1.800.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Network Recruitment seeks a senior AI engineering leader in Johannesburg to drive hands-on delivery and guide a small but capable team. You will own AI strategy, architectures, and governance while scaling production AI systems.

You will collaborate with product, data science and operations, implement MLOps, and evaluate tools and cloud platforms. The role demands strong Python, LLM experience, and leadership of engineers delivering enterprise AI.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years in software engineering or ML.
• 3+ years in technical leadership or management role.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale AI and ML solutions.
• Experience with cloud environments (Azure).

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conocimientos

Python

AI/ML

LLM integration

API design

Leadership

GitHub-based collaboration

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / AI / Data Science / Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Herramientas

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

LangChain

Descripción del empleo

Network Recruitment seeks a senior AI engineering leader in Johannesburg to drive hands-on delivery and guide a small but capable team. You will own AI strategy, architectures, and governance while scaling production AI systems.

You will collaborate with product, data science and operations, implement MLOps, and evaluate tools and cloud platforms. The role demands strong Python, LLM experience, and leadership of engineers delivering enterprise AI.