AI Tech Lead: GenAI & Production ML Systems

Tech Junction Ltd; Sandton; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Junction Ltd in Sandton, South Africa, seeks an experienced AI Tech Lead to architect, develop and deploy GenAI systems, LLMs, and RAG pipelines in production. You will own AI model integration, application architecture, and production deployment lifecycles using Python and .NET.

Collaborate with data science squads, software engineers, and executives to ensure high performance, scalability, and enterprise security governance.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in software engineering and AI development, incl. 3+ years in technical leadership.
• Proficient in GenAI, LLMs, RAG architectures, and AI agents.
• Backend development with Python and .NET; secure RESTful APIs.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and deploy AI/ML solutions in production.
• Implement GenAI, LLMs, and RAG pipelines.
• Build and deploy autonomous AI agents and prompts workflows.
• Develop backend services with Python and .NET.
• Integrate vector databases for fast semantic search.
• Configure and deploy RPA workflows and secure Azure integrations.
• Fine-tune and host open-source LLMs for production.
• Oversee end-to-end production AI deployments and monitor drift.

Skills

GenAI

LLMs

RAG architectures

AI agents

Prompt engineering

Python

.NET

Vector databases

RESTful APIs

Microsoft Azure

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / AI / Data Science / Software Engineering

Tools

Pinecone

Milvus

Qdrant

Microsoft Azure

Job description

Tech Junction Ltd in Sandton, South Africa, seeks an experienced AI Tech Lead to architect, develop and deploy GenAI systems, LLMs, and RAG pipelines in production. You will own AI model integration, application architecture, and production deployment lifecycles using Python and .NET.

Collaborate with data science squads, software engineers, and executives to ensure high performance, scalability, and enterprise security governance.