Junior NLP AI Developer — Hands-on, On-site in Mahikeng

Placements24; LegKraal Gate; On-site; ZAR 72,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Internship stipend

Mentorship program

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Junior AI Developer focusing on NLP to join the Mahikeng team. You will work under senior AI engineers, contributing to NLP model development and data preprocessing in an on-site role.

Ideal candidates are recent graduates with Python skills, familiarity with NLP libraries (NLTK, spaCy, Transformers), and a passion for learning. This internship offers hands-on training, mentorship, and real-world NLP projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, or related field.
• Strong NLP fundamentals (tokenization, embeddings, sentiment analysis, NER).
• Proficiency in Python programming.
• Familiarity with NLP libraries such as NLTK, spaCy, or Transformers.
• Basic knowledge of ML principles and frameworks (scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; good communication and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Assist in development and implementation of NLP models and algorithms.
• Support data collection, cleaning, and preprocessing for NLP projects.
• Train and evaluate NLP models using ML techniques.
• Collaborate on feature engineering and model optimization.
• Assist in integrating NLP functionalities into applications.
• Conduct research on NLP techniques and stay updated with advancements.
• Contribute to documentation and code reviews.
• Participate in team meetings and contribute ideas for new NLP applications.
• Learn and apply best practices in AI development and data handling.

Skills

NLP concepts

Python

Analytical skills

Teamwork

Eagerness to learn

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/AI/Linguistics

Tools

NLTK

spaCy

Transformers

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Junior AI Developer focusing on NLP to join the Mahikeng team. You will work under senior AI engineers, contributing to NLP model development and data preprocessing in an on-site role.

Ideal candidates are recent graduates with Python skills, familiarity with NLP libraries (NLTK, spaCy, Transformers), and a passion for learning. This internship offers hands-on training, mentorship, and real-world NLP projects.