Senior Generative AI Architect

MCI Careers; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

MCI Careers in South Africa seeks a Senior Generative AI Engineer to lead development of AI-powered products and enterprise solutions. You will guide architecture, design scalable platforms, and drive production-grade deployments across departments.

You will mentor teams, collaborate with business and tech leaders, and ensure governance, risk, and compliance in AI initiatives. The role demands deep experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, and cloud-native architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/AI/data science or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of software engineering experience.
• Minimum 3 years hands-on Generative AI experience.
• Extensive experience with Large Language Models and foundation models.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and modern AI frameworks.
• Experience deploying enterprise-scale AI solutions and understanding prompt engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of enterprise-scale Generative AI solutions.
• Architect scalable, secure AI platforms and services.
• Design AI solutions aligned with business and technical objectives.
• Provide technical leadership and set engineering standards.

Skills

Generative AI

LLMs

Python

AI architectures

Cloud platforms

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/Engineering/Data Science/AI

Tools

OpenAI API

LangChain

LangGraph

LlamaIndex

MLOps

Job description

MCI Careers in South Africa seeks a Senior Generative AI Engineer to lead development of AI-powered products and enterprise solutions. You will guide architecture, design scalable platforms, and drive production-grade deployments across departments.

You will mentor teams, collaborate with business and tech leaders, and ensure governance, risk, and compliance in AI initiatives. The role demands deep experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, and cloud-native architectures.