Reinforcement Learning Engineer - Pretoria

Placements24; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Generous vacation days

Conference access

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a highly specialized Machine Learning Engineer with RL expertise to advance state-of-the-art RL for autonomous decision-making in Pretoria. You will design and implement RL algorithms, train agents, and push them into production while collaborating with researchers and engineers.

The role focuses on hands-on coding, experimentation, and model optimization, offering a stimulating environment with top talent and opportunities for advanced training and conferences.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, or a related field with RL focus.
• Proven experience in developing and implementing RL algorithms (e.g., Q-learning, Policy Gradients, Actor-Critic).
• Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Keras.
• Experience with RL libraries (Stable Baselines, RLlib) is a strong asset.
• Solid understanding of ML principles and calculus/linear algebra.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize RL algorithms.
• Develop and train RL agents for complex control and decision-making tasks.
• Integrate RL models into product functionalities.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to translate research into production.
• Experiment and evaluate RL models.
• Stay current with RL, deep learning, and AI research.
• Develop simulation environments for training RL agents.
• Contribute to codebase with high software engineering standards.
• Troubleshoot and debug RL systems and performance issues.

Skills

Reinforcement Learning

Python

Experimentation

Mathematical foundations

Problem solving

Independent work

Collaboration

Education

Master's or PhD in Computer Science/AI/Robotics (RL focus)

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Keras

OpenAI Gym

Stable Baselines / RLlib

Git

Job description

Placements24 seeks a highly specialized Machine Learning Engineer with RL expertise to advance state-of-the-art RL for autonomous decision-making in Pretoria. You will design and implement RL algorithms, train agents, and push them into production while collaborating with researchers and engineers.

The role focuses on hands-on coding, experimentation, and model optimization, offering a stimulating environment with top talent and opportunities for advanced training and conferences.