Senior Software Engineer: AI Platform & MLOps (Onsite)

Placements24; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual performance bonuses

Medical and dental insurance

Retirement savings plan

Generous paid time off

Job summary

WhatJobs Direct seeks a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to an advanced AI platform in Stellenbosch. The role focuses on building scalable backend services, data pipelines, and AI/ML model deployment with cloud infrastructure and MLOps practices.

You will collaborate with data scientists and researchers to deliver reliable, high-performance systems and influence architectural decisions for ongoing AI innovation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience, focusing on backend systems and distributed architectures.
• Strong proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or C++.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable backend services and APIs for the AI platform.
• Implement and optimize data processing pipelines for large-scale ML workloads.
• Work with cloud infrastructure to manage and scale platform resources.
• Integrate AI/ML libraries and frameworks into the platform.
• Develop tools for model training, deployment, monitoring, and management (MLOps).
• Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to deliver solutions.
• Ensure performance, security, and reliability of the AI platform.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technology selection.
• Write clean, maintainable, and documented code.

Skills

Backend systems

Distributed architectures

Cloud platforms

Python/Go/Java/C++

MLOps basics

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/SE

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

TensorFlow

PyTorch

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

WhatJobs Direct seeks a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to an advanced AI platform in Stellenbosch. The role focuses on building scalable backend services, data pipelines, and AI/ML model deployment with cloud infrastructure and MLOps practices.

You will collaborate with data scientists and researchers to deliver reliable, high-performance systems and influence architectural decisions for ongoing AI innovation.