Senior Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineer

Kone Staffing Solutions; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing solutions provider in Pretoria is seeking an experienced AI Engineer to develop innovative AI solutions and mentor junior staff. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a related field and at least five years of experience in AI/Machine Learning. Familiarity with cloud platforms and deep learning frameworks is essential. This position offers an exciting opportunity to engage with cutting-edge technologies and contribute to meaningful projects.

Qualifications

• At least five years of experience in AI/Machine Learning and software development.
• Experience in translating academic machine learning research into large-scale deployment.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative solutions in AI and engage with emerging technologies.
• Design and implement AI systems architecture.
• Supervise and mentor junior staff.
• Contribute to science, engineering, and technology activities.

Skills

Applied machine learning

Natural language processing

Building multimodal models

Cloud platforms experience

Deep learning frameworks

Strong quantitative skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering or related field

Honours or Master's degree

Tools

TensorFlow

Keras

Theano

AWS

IBM Cloud

Azure

Job description

AI Engineer Job Description

Develop innovative solutions in AI and stay well-versed in emerging technologies in the evolving AI space.

Design, develop, and implement AI systems architecture and solutions.

Supervise and mentor junior staff within the team.

Contribute to science, engineering, and technology (SET) activities, including reports, guidelines, system requirements, peer-reviewed publications, and software packages.

Understand and interpret client requirements by participating in user requirement analysis and preparing well-articulated proposals.

Keep current with new approaches, tools, methods, and technologies in the field.

Participate in external task teams or committees relevant to the domain.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering, electrical/electronic engineering, information technology, or a related field, with at least five years of experience in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and software development.
• Honours or Master's degree is advantageous.

Technical Skills and Experience

• Applied machine learning with regression, classification, and other supervised learning models.
• Natural language processing and understanding, including large language models.
• Building multimodal models and working with unstructured data.
• Experience with big data unsupervised learning.
• Data platform engineering.
• Proven experience translating academic machine learning research into real-world, large-scale deployment.
• Experience with cloud platforms: AWS, IBM Cloud, Azure.
• Proficiency with deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow, Keras, or Theano.
• Ability to select appropriate hardware for ML models to meet latency requirements.

Additional Skills

• Exposure to project management.
• Understanding of transforming algorithms for real-life systems.
• Proficiency in modern object-oriented programming and open-source tools.
• Strong quantitative skills in mathematics, statistics, and computer science.
• Experience supervising and mentoring junior staff.
• Analytical thinking, adaptability, investigative skills, planning, problem-solving, communication, teamwork, self-management, systems thinking, and multidisciplinary knowledge.