Senior AI Engineer

Salt; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt seeks a Senior AI Engineer to design and deploy next‑generation AI products using LLMs, Agentic AI, RAG architectures, and modern cloud technologies. This hands‑on role focuses on solving real‑world problems with cutting‑edge AI tooling.

You will work with Python, LangChain, vector databases, and CI/CD pipelines to deliver scalable solutions across Azure, AWS, or GCP. Prior AI product experience and strong software fundamentals are essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building AI-powered applications.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience with LLMs and Generative AI technologies.

Responsibilities

• Hands‑on role designing and deploying AI products.
• Build scalable AI systems leveraging LLMs and RAG architectures.
• Work with cloud services and containerized deployments to productionize solutions.

Skills

AI engineering

Software fundamentals

LLMs & GenAI

Tools

LangChain/LangGraph

OpenAI/Claude/Gemini

Vector Databases

Azure/AWS/GCP

Docker

APIs / CI/CD

Job description

Senior AI Engineer

Want to build AI solutions that move beyond chatbots? Our client is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to help design and deploy next-generation AI products leveraging LLMs, Agentic AI, RAG architectures and modern cloud technologies. This is a hands‑on engineering role where you’ll solve real-world business problems using cutting‑edge AI technologies.

Technical Environment

• Python LangChain / LangGraph OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and similar models
• RAG & Knowledge Retrieval
• Vector Databases
• Azure, AWS or GCP
• Docker, APIs and CI/CD

What they're looking for

• Proven experience building AI-powered applications
• Strong software engineering fundamentals
• Experience with LLMs and Generative AI technologies
• Exposure to Agentic AI frameworks and orchestration tools
• Ability to design, build and deploy scalable AI systems