Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Tipp Focus (Pty) Ltd; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital technology firm is seeking a Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer to design and implement AI systems architecture. The role involves supervising junior staff and participating in innovative AI solutions within a research centre. Candidates should have a relevant degree, significant experience in AI technologies, and proficiency in cloud platforms. This position is based in Pretoria, South Africa.

Qualifications

• At least five years of experience in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and software development.
• Experience in applied machine-learning with regression and classification models.
• Knowledge in large language models and multimodal models.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement AI systems architecture and solutions.
• Supervise/mentor junior staff in AI-related areas.
• Generate reports and contribute towards technology outputs.

Skills

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning

Natural Language Processing

Data Engineering

Project Management

Cloud Platforms

Deep Learning frameworks (TensorFlow, Keras)

Object-oriented programming

Education

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

Honours or Master's degree

Tools

AWS

IBM Cloud

Azure

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer in the Emerging Digital Technologies for fourth Industrial Revolution (EDT4IR) Research Centre within the Next Generation Enterprises and Institutions Cluster. The incumbent will be responsible to design, develop and implement AI systems architecture and solutions. This position is based in Pretoria and will report to the Research Group Leader.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop innovative solutions in AI and remain well-versed in new technologies in the evolving AI space;
• Design, develop and implement AI systems architecture and solutions;
• Supervise/mentor junior staff in the area(s) of expertise;
• Generate and contribute towards science engineering and technology (SET) activity outputs e.g., reports, guidelines, system requirements, peer-reviewed publications, and technology and software packages;
• Understand and interpret client requirements by contributing to user requirement analysis and/or well-articulated proposals;
• Remain current in field of expertise with respect to new approaches in tools, methods or technologies;
• Participate in external task teams or committees in relevant domains.
  
  

Qualifications, Skills And Experience

• A Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering, electrical/electronic engineering, information technology or related field with at least five years' experience in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and software development in Artificial Intelligence Technologies;
• An Honours or Master's degree will be advantageous;
• Experience in the following:
• Applied machine-learning with regression, classification, etc. models for supervised learning;
• Natural language processing and understanding, Large language models;
• Building multimodal models;
• Unstructured data;
• Big-data unsupervised learning;
• Data platform engineering;
• Demonstrated experience in bringing theoretical machine-learning approaches illustrated in academia research papers to actual implementations, i.e. implemented and deployed into large-scale production system certain advanced ML and applied ML algorithms;
• Cloud-based platforms: AWS, IBM Cloud, Azure;
• Proficiency and experience building AI models with a deep learning framework such as TensorFlow, Keras or Theano;
• Ability to select hardware to run an ML model with the required latency;
• Exposure to Project Management;
• Understanding of transforming/implementing software/algorithms for use in real-life systems would be advantageous;
• Knowledge of programming in modern object orientated languages, with Open-Source development tools and platforms;
• Ability to demonstrate Object-orientated software engineering skills;
• Strong quantitative skills (mathematics/statistics/computer science);
• Demonstrated ability to supervise/mentor/develop junior staff;
  
  

Demonstrated skills in: analytical thinking, flexibility and adaptability, investigative orientation, planning and organising, problem solving, verbal and written communication, teamwork, self-management (planning, prioritising and time management - includes the ability to work independently), systems level thinking, multi-disciplinary knowledge

Desired Skills

• Artificial Intelligence
  
  

Desired Work Experience

• 5 to 10 years
  
  

Desired Qualification Level

• Degree
  
  

About The Employer

Digital Technologies for fourth Industrial Revolution (EDT4IR) Research Centre