Lead Computer Vision ML Engineer - Flexible Hours

Placements24; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Relocation assistance

Flexible working hours

Comprehensive health, dental, and視on

Job summary

Placements24 in Cape Town is looking for a Lead Machine Learning Engineer specializing in Computer Vision to lead the development of cutting-edge CV models. You will guide a team of engineers, shaping solutions for image recognition, object detection, and video analysis in a fast-moving tech environment.

The role requires a Master's or PhD, 7+ years in ML with a CV focus, and a proven track record leading projects and mentoring teams.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in CS, AI, ML or related field.
• 7+ years hands-on ML experience with strong CV focus.
• Proven leadership of ML projects and mentoring teams.
• Expertise with TensorFlow, PyTorch or Keras.
• Proficiency in Python, C++, and OpenCV / scikit-learn.
• Experience with cloud platforms and MLOps a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and deployment of CV ML models (image classification, object detection, segmentation, tracking).
• Mentor a team of ML engineers and foster technical excellence.
• Define technical roadmap for CV projects and identify research areas.
• Develop training/validation/testing pipelines for ML models.
• Optimize models for performance and deployment on cloud/edge.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and domain experts to translate requirements.
• Stay updated with CV and deep learning advancements.
• Conduct code reviews and promote best practices in ML development.
• Evaluate and integrate new tools/frameworks to improve ML workflows.
• Contribute to IP through publications and patents.

Skills

Leadership

Team mentorship

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Master's degree in CS/AI/ML

PhD in CS/AI/ML (preferred)

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Keras

OpenCV

scikit-learn

Python

C++

AWS/Azure/GCP

MLOps

Job description

Placements24 in Cape Town is looking for a Lead Machine Learning Engineer specializing in Computer Vision to lead the development of cutting-edge CV models. You will guide a team of engineers, shaping solutions for image recognition, object detection, and video analysis in a fast-moving tech environment.

The role requires a Master's or PhD, 7+ years in ML with a CV focus, and a proven track record leading projects and mentoring teams.