Lead NLP Engineer — Architect & Team Leader

Placements24; Mbombela (Nelspruit); Sur place; ZAR 1 200 000 - 1 800 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical aid

Retirement savings

Paid time off

Professional development

Résumé du poste

Placements24 seeks a Lead Machine Learning Engineer with a strong NLP focus to architect, implement, and deploy advanced NLP solutions in Nelspruit. You will lead and mentor a team of ML engineers, drive AI initiatives, and partner with product managers to translate text data into actionable insights.

The role requires a PhD/masters in a relevant field, 7+ years in ML/NLP, and hands-on experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computational Linguistics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in machine learning with a significant NLP focus.
• Proven experience developing and deploying NLP models using frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn.
• Expertise in text classification, named entity recognition, sentiment analysis, machine translation, and language generation.
• Proficiency in Python and strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Demonstrated leadership and team management abilities.
• Must be legally authorized to work in South Africa.

Responsabilités

• Lead design, development, and deployment of NLP models and algorithms.
• Architect and build scalable NLP systems and pipelines.
• Mentor and manage a team of ML engineers focusing on NLP.
• Oversee end-to-end lifecycle of NLP projects from data preprocessing to deployment and monitoring.
• Conduct research to evaluate and improve NLP model performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and integrate NLP solutions into products.
• Stay updated on the latest NLP and ML advancements.
• Contribute to technical strategy and roadmaps for AI/NLP initiatives.

Connaissances

NLP

Machine Learning

Leadership

Formation

Master's or PhD in CS/AI/ML/Computational Linguistics

Outils

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Description du poste

Placements24 seeks a Lead Machine Learning Engineer with a strong NLP focus to architect, implement, and deploy advanced NLP solutions in Nelspruit. You will lead and mentor a team of ML engineers, drive AI initiatives, and partner with product managers to translate text data into actionable insights.

The role requires a PhD/masters in a relevant field, 7+ years in ML/NLP, and hands-on experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch.