Deep Learning Engineer for Production ML Solutions

Placements24; East London; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health and retirement benefits

Professional development

Supportive team environment

Continuous learning culture

Generous paid time off

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 in East London, Eastern Cape, ZA seeks a Machine Learning Engineer (Deep Learning) to develop, train, and deploy high-performance models. You will work with data scientists and software engineers to translate research into scalable code and robust ML pipelines.

The role emphasizes practical deployment, data preprocessing, model evaluation, and staying current with AI research. Office-based environment with opportunities for career growth within the AI division.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering/AI or related field.
• 2-4 years of experience in ML engineering with a DL focus.
• Proficiency in Python and ML libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, scikit-learn.
• Solid understanding of CNNs, RNNs, Transformers.
• Experience with data preprocessing and feature engineering.
• Familiarity with cloud ML services (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience with version control and testing practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; good communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop, train, and optimize deep learning models using TensorFlow and PyTorch.
• Implement and deploy deep learning models into production environments.
• Collaborate with data scientists to translate research models into efficient, scalable code.
• Work on data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model evaluation for deep learning tasks.
• Design and implement robust ML pipelines for training and inference.
• Monitor and maintain deployed models, ensuring performance and reliability.
• Stay updated with the latest advancements in deep learning and AI.
• Contribute to selecting hardware and software infrastructure for DL workloads.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to model training and deployment.
• Document methodologies, code, and experimental results thoroughly.

Skills

Python

Deep Learning

Data preprocessing

Model evaluation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering/AI

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Keras

scikit-learn

Job description

Placements24 in East London, Eastern Cape, ZA seeks a Machine Learning Engineer (Deep Learning) to develop, train, and deploy high-performance models. You will work with data scientists and software engineers to translate research into scalable code and robust ML pipelines.

The role emphasizes practical deployment, data preprocessing, model evaluation, and staying current with AI research. Office-based environment with opportunities for career growth within the AI division.