Generative AI Engineer (LangChain) - Hybrid, Johannesburg

e-Merge IT Recruitment; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

e-Merge IT Recruitment is seeking an experienced AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy AI solutions in Johannesburg. You will work on generative AI, NLP, CV, and ML model development while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The role requires 5+ years in AI/ML, strong Python and ML framework experience, and cloud deployment skills. Hybrid work in Johannesburg, with a competitive salary up to R1,000,000 per year.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, ML, Math or related field.
• 5+ years’ experience in AI/ML/Data Science or related role.
• Experience with large structured and unstructured datasets.
• Experience with Python and ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Keras).
• Experience developing REST APIs and integrating AI in enterprise apps (FastAPI/Flask).
• Experience deploying AI solutions on Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Git/GitHub, Linux.
• Exposure to NLP, Computer Vision, Generative AI, LLMs, or RL is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, train, and deploy ML/DL models.
• Build AI-powered apps including NLP, CV, recommender systems, generative AI.
• Prepare data: cleaning, preprocessing, feature engineering.
• Deploy models via APIs/microservices in cloud environments.
• Monitor performance and retrain as needed.
• Collaborate with Data Scientists, Software Engineers, PMs, stakeholders.
• Stay current with AI technologies and industry trends.

Skills

Python

Machine Learning

REST APIs

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Scikit-learn

Keras

FastAPI

Flask

Azure

AWS

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

e-Merge IT Recruitment is seeking an experienced AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy AI solutions in Johannesburg. You will work on generative AI, NLP, CV, and ML model development while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The role requires 5+ years in AI/ML, strong Python and ML framework experience, and cloud deployment skills. Hybrid work in Johannesburg, with a competitive salary up to R1,000,000 per year.