Senior NLP ML Engineer - On-Site Text AI Expert

Placements24; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive rate

Cutting-edge NLP projects

Advanced compute resources

Contract extensions possible

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer specializing in NLP for an on-site role in Centurion, Gauteng, ZA. You will design, implement, and deploy NLP solutions, handling large text datasets and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready AI capabilities.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in ML engineering with NLP focus, strong Python skills, and experience with leading NLP libraries and DL frameworks.

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in machine learning engineering, with a strong focus on NLP.
• Proficiency in Python programming and NLP libraries such as NLTK, SpaCy, Hugging Face Transformers, Gensim.
• Hands-on experience with deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) for NLP tasks.
• Experience in building and deploying NLP models in production environments.
• Solid understanding of statistical methods, machine learning algorithms, and deep learning architectures relevant to NLP.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) for model training and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement advanced NLP algorithms and models for text classification, sentiment analysis, topic modeling, and question answering.
• Design and build data pipelines for cleaning, pre-processing, and feature engineering of large-scale text datasets.
• Train, evaluate, and fine-tune ML models using TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn.
• Collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to integrate NLP solutions into production environments.
• Stay current with the latest research and advancements in NLP and machine learning.
• Optimize model performance for efficiency and scalability.
• Conduct thorough testing and validation of NLP models to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Document technical designs, experiments, and findings clearly and concisely.
• Contribute to the overall machine learning strategy and roadmap.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Excellent communication

Team collaboration

Education

Master's or PhD in CS/AI/Computational Linguistics

Tools

Python

NLTK

SpaCy

Hugging Face Transformers

Gensim

TensorFlow

PyTorch

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer specializing in NLP for an on-site role in Centurion, Gauteng, ZA. You will design, implement, and deploy NLP solutions, handling large text datasets and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready AI capabilities.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in ML engineering with NLP focus, strong Python skills, and experience with leading NLP libraries and DL frameworks.