Senior NLP ML Engineer — Hybrid Role & Impactful AI

Placements24; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical insurance

PTO & holidays

Professional growth

Job summary

Placements24 in George, Western Cape, is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to build, deploy, and scale ML models powering core features. You will work with data scientists and software engineers to translate research into production-grade code and scalable systems.

The role emphasizes applied AI, model monitoring, and ongoing optimization, with a focus on robust, production-ready solutions in a dynamic, collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience as a Machine Learning Engineer or in a similar role.
• Proficiency in Python and exposure to ML libraries (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).

Responsibilities

• Develop, train, and deploy production-ready ML models and pipelines.
• Collaborate with data scientists to optimize model performance and scalability.
• Design and implement A/B testing to evaluate model effectiveness.
• Monitor deployed models and retrain as needed.
• Contribute to ML infrastructure design and architecture.

Skills

Python

ML libraries

Cloud platforms

MLOps

Education

BSc/MSc in CS/Engineering/Statistics

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

XGBoost

Job description

Placements24 in George, Western Cape, is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to build, deploy, and scale ML models powering core features. You will work with data scientists and software engineers to translate research into production-grade code and scalable systems.

The role emphasizes applied AI, model monitoring, and ongoing optimization, with a focus on robust, production-ready solutions in a dynamic, collaborative team environment.