Applied RL Engineer: Autonomous Agents in Production

Duku AI; Durban; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

Unlimited resources for projects

Direct involvement in decision-making

Job summary

Duku AI in Durban, South Africa is seeking an exceptional Applied Research Engineer to push the boundaries of reinforcement learning in software development. This unique role invites creativity and innovation, focusing on creating autonomous agents that test software and optimize performance before release.

Expect to see your prototypes running live within three months, with real impacts by year-end. Join a pioneering team with the ambition to reshape the industry, offering substantial equity and resources to succeed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years shipping ML to production (real systems, not papers).
• Deep RL expertise, understanding of Q-values and policy gradients.
• Experience building autonomous agents that can operate at scale.

Responsibilities

• Build reinforcement learning prototypes that run inside real applications.
• Evolve agents across multiple environments, learning and adapting.
• Create a core layer of AI intelligence for software releases.

Skills

Machine Learning

Deep Reinforcement Learning

Python

PyTorch

Job description

Duku AI in Durban, South Africa is seeking an exceptional Applied Research Engineer to push the boundaries of reinforcement learning in software development. This unique role invites creativity and innovation, focusing on creating autonomous agents that test software and optimize performance before release.

Expect to see your prototypes running live within three months, with real impacts by year-end. Join a pioneering team with the ambition to reshape the industry, offering substantial equity and resources to succeed.