Remote Senior AI Engineer (NLP)

Placements24; Polokwane; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health benefits

Remote work

Dev budget

Global team

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Senior AI Engineer with a specialization in NLP to join a distributed engineering team. You will design, build, and deploy advanced NLP models for text tasks such as classification, translation, and summarization, impacting products and users globally.

You will mentor junior engineers, collaborate with product teams to integrate NLP capabilities, and stay at the forefront of NLP research in a fully remote environment with flexible hours.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of AI/ML experience with NLP focus.
• Proficiency in Python and NLP libraries (spaCy, NLTK).
• Experience with PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Experience with large language models (LLMs).
• Production deployment of ML models.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy advanced NLP models for text classification, sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, machine translation, and summarization.
• Process and manage large text datasets, ensuring quality and relevance for model training.
• Implement and fine‑tune pre‑trained language models (e.g., BERT, GPT variants).
• Collaborate with product teams to integrate NLP capabilities into applications and services.
• Optimize NLP models for performance, scalability, and accuracy.
• Stay current with the latest research and advancements in NLP and machine learning.

Skills

NLP experience

Python

Deep learning

LLMs

Production ML

Tools

PyTorch

Transformers

spaCy

NLTK

TensorFlow

Job description

About the Role

Our client is looking for an experienced Remote Senior AI Engineer with a specialization in Natural Language Processing (NLP) to join their distributed engineering team. This role is focused on building sophisticated NLP models and systems that enable intelligent text analysis, understanding, and generation. You will have the opportunity to work on challenging problems, leverage cutting‑edge NLP techniques, and deploy solutions that enhance user experiences and drive business value. As a senior member, you will also mentor junior engineers and contribute to architectural decisions within a fully remote setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy advanced NLP models for tasks such as text classification, sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, machine translation, and summarization.
• Process and manage large text datasets, ensuring quality and relevance for model training.
• Implement and fine‑tune pre‑trained language models (e.g., BERT, GPT variants).
• Collaborate with product teams to integrate NLP capabilities into applications and services.
• Optimize NLP models for performance, scalability, and accuracy.
• Stay current with the latest research and advancements in NLP and machine learning.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, with a strong focus on NLP.
• Proficiency in Python and NLP libraries (e.g., spaCy, NLTK, Hugging Face Transformers).
• Expertise with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Experience with large language models (LLMs) and their application.
• Solid understanding of linguistic principles and text data processing.
• Experience deploying ML models in production environments.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary and performance-based incentives.
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
• Fully remote work opportunity with flexible hours.
• Generous budget for professional development, training, and conferences.
• Opportunity to work on impactful NLP projects with a talented, global team.