Remote Lead AI Engineer — Generative Models

Placements24; Randburg; Hybrid; ZAR 2,000,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive salary

Performance bonuses

Equity options

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Professional development allowances

Conference attendance

Remote-friendly

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a visionary Remote Lead AI Engineer in Generative Models. You will guide the development of state-of-the-art generative systems, lead a distributed team of AI researchers, and define the technical strategy for ambitious AI initiatives in a fully remote setting.

You will contribute hands-on to model building, training, evaluation, and deployment, collaborate with product teams, publish research, and shape responsible AI practices across data, ethics, and scalability.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master's in CS/AI or related field.
• 7+ years in AI/ML R&D with 3+ years in generative models.
• Experience leading technical teams.
• Publish in top AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS/ICML/ICLR).
• Experience with large-scale data processing and distributed training.
• Cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and deployment of advanced generative AI models.
• Define the technical vision and roadmap for generative AI research and products.
• Mentor and guide a team of AI engineers and researchers.
• Oversee data prep, training, evaluation, and deployment of models.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI capabilities.
• Stay at the forefront of research in generative models and NLP/vision.
• Ensure scalable, ethical deployment of generative AI solutions.
• Contribute to research publications and patents.
• Foster innovation and technical excellence within the team.

Skills

Team leadership

Generative AI

Deep learning

Research leadership

Education

PhD or Master's in CS/AI

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

Placements24 seeks a visionary Remote Lead AI Engineer in Generative Models. You will guide the development of state-of-the-art generative systems, lead a distributed team of AI researchers, and define the technical strategy for ambitious AI initiatives in a fully remote setting.

You will contribute hands-on to model building, training, evaluation, and deployment, collaborate with product teams, publish research, and shape responsible AI practices across data, ethics, and scalability.