Remote AI Engineer - NLP Specialization

Placements24; Vereeniging; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Home office stipend

Flexible hours

Unlimited professional development

Global team collaboration

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a remote AI Engineer specializing in NLP to design, develop and deploy state-of-the-art NLP models for text classification, sentiment analysis, and entity recognition. You will build robust data pipelines and collaborate with data scientists to integrate models into production systems.

This fully remote role offers flexible hours, health benefits, home office stipend and opportunities for professional growth in a globally distributed team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, Linguistics, or related field.
• 3+ years of AI/ML engineering experience with a focus on NLP.
• Proficiency in Python and NLP libraries (NLTK, spaCy, transformers).
• Hands-on experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement NLP models for text classification, sentiment analysis, entity recognition, and QA.
• Build and maintain data pipelines for training and evaluating NLP models.
• Collaborate with data scientists to deploy models into production applications.
• Optimize models for performance, scalability, and efficiency.
• Stay updated with NLP research and best practices.

Skills

NLP

Python

NLTK

spaCy

Hugging Face Transformers

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Cloud platforms

Docker

Remote teamwork

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/AI/Linguistics

Tools

Docker

TensorFlow

PyTorch

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

About the Role

Our client is a fully remote-first organization and a leader in applying artificial intelligence to solve real-world problems. We are looking for a talented and motivated Remote AI Engineer with a specialization in Natural Language Processing (NLP) to join our globally distributed engineering team. This role is critical in developing and deploying advanced NLP models that power our innovative products and services. You will work collaboratively with a team of experienced AI professionals, contributing to the entire ML lifecycle, from experimentation to production-level systems. As a remote-first company, we provide the infrastructure and culture to support highly effective remote work. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of NLP advancements from the comfort of your home office.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement state-of-the-art NLP models for tasks such as text classification, sentiment analysis, entity recognition, and question answering.


• Build and maintain robust data pipelines for training and evaluating NLP models.


• Collaborate with data scientists and other engineers to integrate NLP models into production applications.


• Optimize NLP models for performance, scalability, and efficiency.


• Stay up-to-date with the latest research and techniques in NLP and machine learning.


• Write clean, well-documented, and maintainable code.


• Participate in code reviews and contribute to team best practices.


• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to NLP model deployment and performance in a distributed environment.


• Contribute to the overall AI strategy and roadmap of the company.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, or a related field.


• 3+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, with a strong focus on NLP.


• Proficiency in Python and experience with NLP libraries (e.g., NLTK, spaCy, Hugging Face Transformers).


• Hands-on experience with deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.


• Understanding of various NLP techniques, including word embeddings, attention mechanisms, and sequence-to-sequence models.


• Experience with data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model evaluation for text data.


• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker) is a plus.


• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.


• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in remote teams.

Benefits

• As a fully remote employee, you will receive a competitive salary, comprehensive health benefits package, and a generous allowance for home office setup and ongoing remote work expenses.


• We offer flexible working hours, unlimited paid time off, and opportunities for continuous professional development, including online courses and conference attendance.


• You'll join a collaborative and supportive team environment where your contributions are valued and recognized.


• We invest in our employees' growth and well-being.