Remote Lead AI Architect — Equity & Innovation

Placements24; Gauteng; Hybrid; ZAR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Lead AI Solutions Architect to spearhead remote-first AI & Emerging Technologies initiatives in a South Africa-based organization. You will design enterprise AI solutions, mentor diverse engineering teams, and drive innovation across the business.

In this role you will shape the technology landscape, oversee data pipelines and model deployments, and translate complex requirements into scalable, production-grade systems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software architecture, with 5+ years in AI/ML.
• Proven experience deploying large-scale AI/ML systems.
• Strong cloud-native architecture knowledge (AWS/Azure/GCP).

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end AI solutions including data pipelines and deployment.
• Provide technical leadership to AI engineers, data scientists and developers.
• Engage stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable AI solutions.
• Develop and maintain architectural standards and best practices.

Skills

AI/ML architecture

Cloud platforms

NLP

Computer vision

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Data pipelines

End-to-end deployment

Production systems

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Lead AI Solutions Architect to spearhead remote-first AI & Emerging Technologies initiatives in a South Africa-based organization. You will design enterprise AI solutions, mentor diverse engineering teams, and drive innovation across the business.

In this role you will shape the technology landscape, oversee data pipelines and model deployments, and translate complex requirements into scalable, production-grade systems.