Senior AI Solutions Architect: Lead Scalable AI Systems

Placements24; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Medical aid

Performance bonuses

Job summary

Placements24 in Cape Town is seeking a visionary Lead AI Solutions Architect to drive the design and implementation of AI strategies across the business. You will translate objectives into scalable AI systems, architect robust data pipelines, and guide cross-functional teams to deliver impactful AI-powered products.

This senior role requires exceptional communication, deep AI/ML expertise, and a proven track record in deploying large-scale AI solutions in commercial environments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software architecture with AI/ML specialization.
• Experience designing large-scale AI systems in production.
• Strong data engineering, MLOps, and cloud infra knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end AI solutions across data pipelines, models, deployment, and monitoring.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify AI/ML opportunities.
• Provide technical leadership to AI/ML engineers and data scientists.
• Set standards, governance, and evaluate AI technologies.
• Ensure security, scalability, and reliability of AI systems.

Skills

AI/ML expertise

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

AWS SageMaker

Azure ML

GCP AI Platform

Job description

Placements24 in Cape Town is seeking a visionary Lead AI Solutions Architect to drive the design and implementation of AI strategies across the business. You will translate objectives into scalable AI systems, architect robust data pipelines, and guide cross-functional teams to deliver impactful AI-powered products.

This senior role requires exceptional communication, deep AI/ML expertise, and a proven track record in deploying large-scale AI solutions in commercial environments.