Machine Learning Engineer III

Capitec; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking bank as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, where your expertise in generative AI will be pivotal in enhancing user experiences. This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and contribute to innovative solutions that empower clients to manage their financial lives better. You will lead technical teams, ensuring high standards in machine learning practices while integrating AI models into applications. If you are passionate about leveraging AI to make a positive impact, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in Machine Learning engineering with a focus on generative AI.
• Experience with AI frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch.
• Hands-on integration of AI models into applications.

Responsibilities

• Integrate generative AI models into products and services.
• Guide technical teams on ML standards and practices.
• Manage big data processing frameworks in cloud environments.

Skills

Machine Learning Engineering

Python

SQL

AI Frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch)

Big Data Frameworks (Hadoop/Kafka)

Prompt Engineering

Model Optimization

Git/Github

PySpark

Education

Honors Degree or higher

Job description

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Join Us in Becoming the Best Bank in the World!!

We appoint energized and motivated people for their potential and continuously look for talented, driven individuals to help us innovate and evolve. That is why we focus on finding the right people for the right jobs. We love what we do because we focus on making a positive difference for our clients and employees. Our company DNA is built around talented and committed teams dedicated to build a brand that we are proud of and earns the trust of our clients.

Who We Are

We are a bank, but we’re much more than that. We believe that banking is about enabling people to control their financial lives through banking that is simplified, accessible, affordable and delivered through personal experience. By helping our clients manage their financial lives better, we enable them to live better.

Why Choose Us

At Capitec, we offer our best by living up to our CEO values in every situation – we always put the Client first, act with Energy and take Ownership. And to support people in being their best, our Employee Value Proposition offers every value to all team members through cohesive teams, growth opportunities as well as employee benefits and savings. We make it a priority to ensure that each member of the Capitec team feels welcome, valued, focused, and has the opportunity to grow.

About The Role

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Capitec you will prioritize applying and integrating generative AI models into products and services while leveraging machine learning expertise to enhance the efficiency of Data Scientists and Decision Scientists. Your contributions will be essential in positioning and enhancing user experiences through AI at Capitec, ensuring the company remains competitive in a rapidly evolving landscape.

This position requires leveraging your extensive understanding of machine learning models, from conception to deployment. You will guide and lead technical teams to uphold ML standards and practices, manage big data processing frameworks, and operate within cloud environments. Additionally, you will be responsible for deploying and fine-tuning generative AI models, as well as integrating these AI models into applications and services using prompt engineering and model optimization techniques.

Our Ideal Candidate Has

• 6+ years of experience in a Machine Learning engineering role
• Using AI frameworks such as TensorFlow and PyTorch to deploy and fine-tune generative AI models (GPT and DALL-E).
• Hands on experience integrating AI Models into applications and services
• Python and SQL experience
• PySpark
• Big data frameworks – Hadoop/Kafka
• Github experience or Git
  
  

Ideal

• AWS experience
• Prompt Engineering and model optimisation
  
  

Competencies

• Simplify and make it easy
• Earn and extend trust
• Plan, deliver and raise the bar
• Curious and continuously learns
• Act, learn and adapt
• Inspire optimism and persistence
• Have courage, disagree and commit
  
  

Education

• Completed an Honors Degree or higher
  
  

If you are interested in being part of this dynamic team, on a mission to build the best bank in the world through unlocking the potential of its people, please apply. We would love to hear from you!

Capitec is committed to diversity and, where feasible, all appointments will support the achievement of our employment equity goals

Capitec is committed to diversity, applications to this position will strictly be considered in support of our employment equity goals.