Senior AI Software Engineer: Build Scalable AI Systems

ATS Client; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Job summary

ATS Client is seeking a Senior AI Software Engineer to design, build, and scale production-grade AI-enabled software within a modern engineering environment. This senior individual contributor will work with engineering leadership, platform, and security teams to deliver observable, reliable software that operates at enterprise scale.

You will own backend services, API design, and pragmatic AI integration, mentoring teams and driving best practices in CI/CD, testing, observability, and security.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience at senior levels.
• Proven track record shipping production systems used by multiple teams.
• Strong backend focus with modern languages and AI integration.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and AI-enabled apps.
• Develop secure, observable, and production-ready distributed systems.
• Mentor engineers and contribute across architecture, code reviews, testing, and operations.
• Design APIs, service integrations, and message-driven workflows.
• Collaborate with platform, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable solutions.
• Drive CI/CD, testing automation, observability, security, and release governance.

Skills

Python

TypeScript/Node.js

Java

Go

AI/ML platform integration

LLM application development

RAG

Vector databases

Tools

Kubernetes/Docker

AWS

Terraform / IaC

Job description

ATS Client is seeking a Senior AI Software Engineer to design, build, and scale production-grade AI-enabled software within a modern engineering environment. This senior individual contributor will work with engineering leadership, platform, and security teams to deliver observable, reliable software that operates at enterprise scale.

You will own backend services, API design, and pragmatic AI integration, mentoring teams and driving best practices in CI/CD, testing, observability, and security.