Hybrid AI/ML Solutions Architect — Lead Scalable AI Systems

Placements24; Upington; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Performance-based bonuses

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 in Upington, Northern Cape, is seeking a Senior AI/ML Solutions Architect to design and implement advanced AI/ML architectures for a range of clients. You will translate business challenges into scalable solutions, lead a team of data scientists, and drive strategic technology roadmaps in a hybrid work setup.

The role requires deep expertise in AI/ML algorithms, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), data engineering, and MLOps, with strong client-facing and leadership skills to deliver

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technology architecture with deep AI/ML focus.
• Experience designing production AI/ML systems.
• Strong knowledge of ML algorithms and cloud platforms.
• Proficiency in Python, R, or Scala.
• Data engineering, data warehousing, and big data tech.
• Familiar with MLOps for deployment and monitoring.
• Excellent analytical and strategic thinking.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder skills.
• Master’s or Ph.D. in quantitative field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end AI/ML solutions for clients.
• Select models, algorithms, and frameworks per use case.
• Lead ML pipelines from ingestion to deployment.
• Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and stakeholders.
• Provide tech leadership on AI/ML best practices, scalability, security.
• Advise on cloud infrastructure and hardware needs.
• Develop proofs-of-concept and proofs-of-value.
• Stay updated on AI/ML advancements and trends.
• Communicate complex concepts to diverse audiences.
• Contribute to reusable AI/ML components and patterns.

Skills

AI/ML architecture

Cloud platforms

Data engineering

Programming: Python

Programming: R

Programming: Scala

MLOps

Leadership

Communication

Education

Master’s or Ph.D. in CS/DS/AI or related field

Tools

AWS SageMaker

AWS EC2

AWS S3

Azure ML

Databricks

Vertex AI

Google Cloud AI Platform

Spark

Hadoop

MLflow

Kubeflow

Job description

Placements24 in Upington, Northern Cape, is seeking a Senior AI/ML Solutions Architect to design and implement advanced AI/ML architectures for a range of clients. You will translate business challenges into scalable solutions, lead a team of data scientists, and drive strategic technology roadmaps in a hybrid work setup.

The role requires deep expertise in AI/ML algorithms, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), data engineering, and MLOps, with strong client-facing and leadership skills to deliver