NLP Solutions Architect — Hybrid (Pretoria)

Placements24; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical aid

Retirement fund contributions

Generous annual leave

Continuous learning

Access to advanced AI tools

Hybrid work model

Wellness programs

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking an innovative AI Solutions Architect specializing in NLP to join our Pretoria team. You will design and implement cutting-edge NLP-powered AI solutions, translate business needs into scalable architectures, and collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product managers.

This role requires a strong academic background, 6+ years in AI/ML with 3+ in NLP, and hands-on experience with NLP libraries and DL frameworks.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in CS, Computational Linguistics, AI or related field.
• At least 6 years AI/ML experience with at least 3 years NLP.
• Proven experience architecting and delivering complex AI solutions.
• In-depth NLP techniques: text classification, NER, MT, topic modeling, sentiment analysis.
• Hands-on with NLP libraries: NLTK, spaCy, Transformers (HuggingFace).
• Familiarity with deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) and their NLP applications.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their AI/ML services.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a hybrid work environment.
• Experience with large language models (LLMs) is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable NLP-focused AI solutions.
• Translate business requirements into technical specs for NLP systems.
• Evaluate and select NLP models, algorithms, and tools for use cases.
• Oversee development and implementation of NLP solutions.
• Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to deliver end-to-end AI solutions.
• Provide technical leadership on NLP best practices and emerging trends.
• Develop proofs-of-concept to demonstrate NLP value.
• Ensure solutions are optimized for performance, cost, and maintainability.

Skills

NLP expertise

AI/ML architecture

Stakeholder communication

Hybrid work collaboration

Education

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

Tools

NLTK

spaCy

Transformers (HuggingFace)

TensorFlow

PyTorch

AWS/Azure/GCP ML services

Job description

Placements24 is seeking an innovative AI Solutions Architect specializing in NLP to join our Pretoria team. You will design and implement cutting-edge NLP-powered AI solutions, translate business needs into scalable architectures, and collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product managers.

This role requires a strong academic background, 6+ years in AI/ML with 3+ in NLP, and hands-on experience with NLP libraries and DL frameworks.