Senior AI-Enabled Software Engineer (Hybrid)

Acuity Consultants; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Acuity Consultants is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (AI Enabled) to modernise and re-platform high-volume payment systems while embedding AI features. You will work across the full SDLC, integrating LLMs, RAG, embeddings and vector search into production-ready solutions.

You’ll own AI architecture, work with relational, NoSQL and vector databases, and help codify disciplined AI adoption, tooling, reviews, and cost-conscious deployments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software development with delivery leadership.
• Proficient in C# and .NET 8.
• Experience deploying AI-powered apps to production.
• Experience with LLMs, RAG, embeddings, and vector search.

Responsibilities

• Modernise high-volume payment platforms and re-platform.
• Integrate AI capabilities across products.
• Own architecture for AI features and data stores.
• Define AI coding standards and code reviews.
• Support full SDLC from design to production.

Skills

C#

.NET 8

AI/LLM integration

RAG & embeddings

Vector search

Context engineering

Cloud AWS/Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD & testing

Tools

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Vector databases

Job description

Acuity Consultants is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (AI Enabled) to modernise and re-platform high-volume payment systems while embedding AI features. You will work across the full SDLC, integrating LLMs, RAG, embeddings and vector search into production-ready solutions.

You’ll own AI architecture, work with relational, NoSQL and vector databases, and help codify disciplined AI adoption, tooling, reviews, and cost-conscious deployments.