Senior AI Engineer: Build Production-Grade LLM Systems

PlaceTalent Pty; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

PlaceTalent Pty is seeking a seasoned software engineer to build and deploy production-ready LLM-based solutions. You will craft reliable workflows, integrate AI services with internal systems, and implement robust data processing and security practices.

Applicants should have strong Python skills, hands-on experience with AI provider SDKs, Docker, and CI/CD, and a track record of delivering scalable AI-enabled applications in enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on LLM deployments.
• Strong Python skills with typing and modern tooling.
• Experience with AI provider SDKs and structured outputs.

Responsibilities

• Build reliable workflows with structured outputs, tool calling and routing.
• Design and deploy agentic AI systems across provider ecosystems.
• Develop document and knowledge-processing solutions for diverse data sources.

Skills

Python

LLM deployment

AI provider SDKs

Docker

CI/CD

Data pipelines

SQL

Parquet

Pydantic

Security for LLMs

Tools

pytest

Parquet

Pydantic

Job description

PlaceTalent Pty is seeking a seasoned software engineer to build and deploy production-ready LLM-based solutions. You will craft reliable workflows, integrate AI services with internal systems, and implement robust data processing and security practices.

Applicants should have strong Python skills, hands-on experience with AI provider SDKs, Docker, and CI/CD, and a track record of delivering scalable AI-enabled applications in enterprise environments.