Principal NLP Engineer: Transformers & Production ML

Placements24; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health and retirement benefits

Professional development

Generous PTO

Cutting-edge technology

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Principal AI Engineer (NLP) to lead the design and deployment of cutting-edge NLP systems in Centurion. You will drive architecture decisions, collaborate with data scientists, and mentor a team of AI engineers.

The role requires a PhD/masters, 7+ years of NLP experience, and expert proficiency with transformers, Python, and ML frameworks. You will shape the R&D roadmap and deliver production-grade NLP solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of hands-on experience in developing and deploying NLP solutions.
• Deep expertise in NLP concepts (text classification, sentiment analysis, NER, MT, QA).
• Proficiency with NLP libraries and frameworks such as Hugging Face Transformers, spaCy, NLTK, and Gensim.
• Strong programming skills in Python and experience with deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Experience with MLOps practices for NLP model deployment and lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of advanced NLP models and algorithms (e.g., transformers, LLMs, seq-to-seq).
• Develop and optimize NLP pipelines for text processing, understanding, and generation tasks.
• Collaborate with product managers and data scientists to define NLP features and requirements.
• Engineer robust and scalable NLP solutions for production environments.
• Conduct research into new NLP techniques to enhance existing systems.
• Mentor and guide junior AI engineers and data scientists.
• Ensure the quality, performance, and maintainability of NLP code and systems.
• Contribute to the strategic planning and technical direction of NLP initiatives.
• Present technical concepts and findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

NLP expertise

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Research capability

Education

Master's or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Computational Linguistics

Tools

Hugging Face Transformers

spaCy

NLTK

Gensim

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

MLOps for NLP

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Principal AI Engineer (NLP) to lead the design and deployment of cutting-edge NLP systems in Centurion. You will drive architecture decisions, collaborate with data scientists, and mentor a team of AI engineers.

The role requires a PhD/masters, 7+ years of NLP experience, and expert proficiency with transformers, Python, and ML frameworks. You will shape the R&D roadmap and deliver production-grade NLP solutions in a fast-paced environment.