AI/ML Predictive Modeling Engineer — Remote

Placements24; Soweto; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

Generous PTO and holidays

Professional growth opportunities

Remote work flexibility

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

Placements24 seeks an innovative AI/ML Engineer for a client based in Soweto, Gauteng, focused on AI & Emerging Technologies. You will lead predictive modeling efforts, from data exploration and feature engineering to model training, validation, and deployment, collaborating with engineers to deliver impactful ML solutions.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years in ML/data science, strong Python skills, and experience with scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy, and TensorFlow or PyTorch, plus familiarity with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitative field.
• 2+ years of professional ML or data science experience with predictive modeling.
• Proficiency in Python and common ML libraries (scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy, TensorFlow or PyTorch).
• Strong understanding of statistical modeling and ML algorithms.
• Experience with data visualization, SQL, and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and optimize ML models for predictive tasks.
• Process, clean, and transform large datasets for modeling.
• Perform feature engineering and selection to improve performance.
• Evaluate model performance and iterate to improve accuracy.
• Deploy models into production with collaboration from software engineers.
• Monitor models for performance and update as needed.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis to gain insights.
• Stay current with ML advancements and communicate findings.

Skills

Python

ML libraries

Data visualization

SQL

Communication

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Statistics/Data Science

Tools

scikit-learn

Pandas

NumPy

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

Placements24 seeks an innovative AI/ML Engineer for a client based in Soweto, Gauteng, focused on AI & Emerging Technologies. You will lead predictive modeling efforts, from data exploration and feature engineering to model training, validation, and deployment, collaborating with engineers to deliver impactful ML solutions.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years in ML/data science, strong Python skills, and experience with scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy, and TensorFlow or PyTorch, plus familiarity with