NLP AI Solutions Architect (Durban) - Enterprise AI Lead

Placements24; Durban; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Placements24 in Durban seeks an experienced AI Solutions Architect specializing in NLP to lead the design and deployment of advanced NLP-driven AI solutions. You will translate business needs into actionable architectures and collaborate across teams to ensure successful project execution.

The role requires a deep NLP toolkit understanding, Python proficiency, and experience with cloud AI platforms. You will guide stakeholders and drive scalable, secure AI implementations within a

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, or related field.
• 7+ years in AI/ML with at least 4 years in NLP.
• Proven experience architecting/deploying enterprise AI solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect end-to-end AI solutions with a primary focus on NLP applications.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and AI designs.
• Evaluate and select AI technologies, tools, and platforms for NLP projects.
• Oversee development and deployment of NLP models (text classification, sentiment analysis, NER, translation).
• Collaborate with data scientists, engineers and business analysts for delivery.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop proofs-of-concept and prototypes to demonstrate value.
• Ensure AI solutions are scalable, secure, and performant.
• Stay current with NLP/AI advancements.
• Present technical solutions to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

NLP

Python

AI/ML

spaCy / NLTK / Transformers

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Communication

Project leadership

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in CS/AI/Computational Linguistics

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Hugging Face Transformers

Job description

Placements24 in Durban seeks an experienced AI Solutions Architect specializing in NLP to lead the design and deployment of advanced NLP-driven AI solutions. You will translate business needs into actionable architectures and collaborate across teams to ensure successful project execution.

The role requires a deep NLP toolkit understanding, Python proficiency, and experience with cloud AI platforms. You will guide stakeholders and drive scalable, secure AI implementations within a