Remote Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer - Flexible Hours

Placements24; Stellenbosch; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Home office stipend

Health benefits

Flexible hours

Job summary

Placements24 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect and build scalable AI infrastructure for training, deployment, and management of models. This fully remote role offers the chance to work with a world-class team on distributed systems, cloud platforms, and modern CI/CD practices.

You will collaborate with researchers to design robust pipelines, apply best practices, and mentor junior engineers while contributing to engineering standards across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional software engineering experience, with infrastructure focus.
• Proven experience with large-scale distributed systems and cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or Java.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure for AI/ML workloads (training, inference, data pipelines).
• Implement and manage cloud-based services to support AI operations.
• Develop and optimize containerization/orchestration solutions (Docker, Kubernetes) for AI applications.
• Build robust CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, deployment, and monitoring of AI services.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Job description

Placements24 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect and build scalable AI infrastructure for training, deployment, and management of models. This fully remote role offers the chance to work with a world-class team on distributed systems, cloud platforms, and modern CI/CD practices.

You will collaborate with researchers to design robust pipelines, apply best practices, and mentor junior engineers while contributing to engineering standards across the