Remote Senior NLP Engineer - ML & Text AI Expert

Placements24; Mossel Bay; Hybrid; ZAR 900.000 - 1.900.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Stock options

Health insurance

Flexible PTO

Home office stipend

Professional development

Zusammenfassung

Placements24 is seeking a Senior AI Engineer specializing in NLP to join our remote-first team. You will design and deploy advanced NLP models, build scalable data pipelines, and collaborate with product and software teams to ship production-grade solutions.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of AI/ML experience with NLP, strong Python skills, deep learning frameworks, cloud and containerization, and a track record of delivering in production.

Qualifikationen

• Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, with a strong focus on NLP.
• Proficiency in Python and core NLP libraries (e.g., NLTK, SpaCy, Hugging Face Transformers).
• Hands-on experience with deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Proven track record of deploying NLP models into production environments.
• Strong understanding of machine learning principles, algorithms, and model evaluation metrics.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and effectively in a fully remote setting.
• Experience with large-scale text data processing.

Aufgaben

• Design, develop, and implement state-of-the-art NLP models and algorithms (e.g., sentiment analysis, text classification, entity recognition, machine translation).
• Build and optimize robust data pipelines for text data processing and feature extraction.
• Collaborate with product managers and software engineers to integrate NLP solutions into production systems.
• Evaluate and fine-tune existing NLP models for improved performance and accuracy.
• Stay abreast of the latest research and advancements in NLP and deep learning.
• Contribute to the development of internal AI tools and platforms.
• Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge within the team.
• Ensure the ethical considerations and bias mitigation in NLP model development.
• Conduct experiments and analyze results to drive decision-making.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to maintaining high code quality standards.

Kenntnisse

NLP expertise

Python programming

Remote collaboration

Mentoring / leadership

Ausbildung

Master's or PhD in Computer Science / AI / Computational Linguistics or related field

Tools

NLTK

SpaCy

Hugging Face Transformers

TensorFlow

PyTorch

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Jobbeschreibung

Placements24 is seeking a Senior AI Engineer specializing in NLP to join our remote-first team. You will design and deploy advanced NLP models, build scalable data pipelines, and collaborate with product and software teams to ship production-grade solutions.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of AI/ML experience with NLP, strong Python skills, deep learning frameworks, cloud and containerization, and a track record of delivering in production.