Hybrid AI Platform Engineer - Scale ML Infra

Placements24; Sandton; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and performancebonu

Hybrid work model

Health and wellness benefits

Professional development

Cutting-edge AI tools

Vacation and leave

Retirement fund contributions

Team social events

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking an AI Platform Engineer in Sandton, Gauteng to design, deploy and manage scalable AI/ML infrastructure. You will build robust CI/CD pipelines, automate provisioning with Terraform/Ansible, and ensure platform reliability for ML workloads.

You will collaborate with data scientists and software engineers, stay current with cloud and DevOps trends, and contribute to cost optimization and best practices in a hybrid work setup.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in CS/Engineering or related field.
• 3+ years in infrastructure engineering, DevOps or MLOps.
• Hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes and cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable AI/ML infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for ML models.
• Automate provisioning and configuration with IaC tools.
• Monitor performance, ensure high availability and reliability.
• Collaborate with data scientists and software engineers to meet infra needs.
• Stay updated with cloud, DevOps and MLOps trends.

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

Placements24 is seeking an AI Platform Engineer in Sandton, Gauteng to design, deploy and manage scalable AI/ML infrastructure. You will build robust CI/CD pipelines, automate provisioning with Terraform/Ansible, and ensure platform reliability for ML workloads.

You will collaborate with data scientists and software engineers, stay current with cloud and DevOps trends, and contribute to cost optimization and best practices in a hybrid work setup.