Principal Computer Vision ML Engineer - Lead & Innovate

Placements24; Centurion; Hybrid; ZAR 1,400,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Career growth

Conferences

Work-life balance

Job summary

Placements24 in Centurion, Gauteng, seeks a Principal Machine Learning Engineer specializing in computer vision. You will lead the design and implementation of advanced CV systems, from data collection and model training to deployment across hardware platforms, while mentoring a team of engineers.

You will explore CNNs, Transformers for vision, and Generative Models, optimize for performance, collaborate with product managers, and help shape innovative AI applications with real-world impact.

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in CS/EE or related field with ML/CV specialization.
• 10+ years in ML engineering, 5+ years in CV.
• Deep understanding of CV algorithms and techniques.
• Experience deploying DL models for classification, detection, segmentation, tracking.
• Proficiency in Python and frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Keras.
• Experience with ML Ops tools (Docker, Kubernetes, MLflow).
• Strong software engineering and Git experience; C++ is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving and leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end ML model development for CV tasks from data collection to deployment.
• Architect scalable ML pipelines for CV applications.
• Research and apply state-of-the-art CV architectures (CNNs, Transformers, Generative Models).
• Optimize ML models for performance across hardware platforms.
• Collaborate with product managers, software engineers and stakeholders to define requirements.
• Mentor and guide junior ML engineers.
• Stay current with CV and ML research developments.
• Contribute to IP through innovation/publications.

Skills

Python

Deep learning

Computer vision

ML Ops

C++

Git

Leadership

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in CS/EE or related field

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Keras

Docker

Kubernetes

MLflow

Git

Job description

Placements24 in Centurion, Gauteng, seeks a Principal Machine Learning Engineer specializing in computer vision. You will lead the design and implementation of advanced CV systems, from data collection and model training to deployment across hardware platforms, while mentoring a team of engineers.

You will explore CNNs, Transformers for vision, and Generative Models, optimize for performance, collaborate with product managers, and help shape innovative AI applications with real-world impact.