Senior Full-Stack AI Engineer (Remote, Global Projects)

Scrums; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Scrums is seeking a Senior Full Stack AI Engineer to join its talent network in Johannesburg. You will build AI-powered applications, from backend ML services to polished frontend interfaces, shipping production systems for real users.

Responsibilities include integrating LLMs and vector databases, designing scalable APIs, and owning the full deployment pipeline. The role enables remote collaboration with international clients, with occasional in-person work as needed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full stack development experience.
• Hands-on experience integrating LLMs into production apps.
• Familiarity with vector databases and RAG architectures.
• Frontend proficiency with React/Next.js.
• Cloud deployment and containerisation experience.

Responsibilities

• Build end-to-end AI-powered applications with Python backends and modern JavaScript frontends.
• Integrate LLMs, embeddings, and vector databases into production applications.
• Design and implement APIs that serve ML model outputs to frontend clients.
• Build responsive, accessible interfaces using React, Next.js, or similar frameworks.
• Implement prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agent architectures.
• Own the full deployment pipeline from local development through production.

Skills

Full stack dev

LLM integration

Vector databases

Frontend React/Next

Cloud deployment

Cross-stack work

Tools

Pinecone

Weaviate

pgvector

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

Job description

Scrums is seeking a Senior Full Stack AI Engineer to join its talent network in Johannesburg. You will build AI-powered applications, from backend ML services to polished frontend interfaces, shipping production systems for real users.

Responsibilities include integrating LLMs and vector databases, designing scalable APIs, and owning the full deployment pipeline. The role enables remote collaboration with international clients, with occasional in-person work as needed.