Senior AI Engineering Architect & Platform Lead

Datafin IT Recruitment

Cape Town

On-site

ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Datafin IT Recruitment seeks an AI Architect/Engineer for an Online Gaming Group. You will be among the senior technical contributors owning the design, build and lifecycle of AI-assisted engineering, integrating these into the Developer toolchain and CI/CD pipelines.

You will drive adoption of AI in delivery, define standards for AI-enabled development, mentor senior engineers and shape artefacts across domains like player journeys, payments, and responsible gaming controls.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering or a related field.
10+ Years in Software Engineering with hands-on delivery at senior or staff-plus level.
Demonstrated ownership of platform, tooling or Developer-experience systems.
Practical, shipped experience applying AI/ML to engineering workflows.
Evidence of technical leadership without line authority across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

Design, build, operate and maintain AI-enabled engineering harnesses and CI/CD integration.
Ensure AI augmentation lands in delivery teams with reference implementations and patterns.
Hold deep domain knowledge across player journey, accounts, wallets, payments, and compliance.
Establish engineering standards for AI-assisted development, code provenance and licensing.
Lead technical evaluation of AI platforms, models and tools and advise leadership.