Junior AI Engineer – Production ML & Cloud

Discovery Ltd.; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Discovery Health's Data Science Lab is hiring a Junior Developer – AI Engineering to help build production‑grade AI/ML solutions. You will work with Senior ML/AI Engineers, Data Scientists, and Platform Engineers to move models from experimentation into reliable production systems.

You will gain hands‑on experience across AI platforms, cloud environments, MLOps, observability, and deployment pipelines, while contributing to scalable, observable AI services that support member outcomes and

Responsibilities

• Support deployment, operation, and maintenance of AI/ML solutions across the DS Lab portfolio.
• Contribute to development of reusable engineering components, deployment frameworks, and operational tooling.
• Assist with troubleshooting production issues, deployment failures, and platform-related incidents.
• Support platform reliability by monitoring system health and escalating issues.
• Participate in implementation activities across cloud-native environments.
• Contribute to technical documentation, runbooks, and procedures.

Job description

Discovery Health's Data Science Lab is hiring a Junior Developer – AI Engineering to help build production‑grade AI/ML solutions. You will work with Senior ML/AI Engineers, Data Scientists, and Platform Engineers to move models from experimentation into reliable production systems.

You will gain hands‑on experience across AI platforms, cloud environments, MLOps, observability, and deployment pipelines, while contributing to scalable, observable AI services that support member outcomes and