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AI Engineer (Entry)

Full-time

Imizizi

Reference: JHB001458-ZN-1

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

  • Large Language Models (LLMs), RAG systems, multi agent frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, GAIA)
  • Python (Advanced), ML engineering (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit learn)
  • Vector Databases (FAISS, Pinecone, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch)
  • Prompt Engineering & Context Orchestration
  • MLOps (SageMaker, ML Pipelines, GitHub Actions, CI/CD)
  • AWS AI/ML stack: SageMaker, Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3
  • Data Engineering: Spark, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL, ETL/ELT
  • Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform
  • Cloud Observability: CloudWatch, X Ray, logging/monitoring
  • API & Microservices development
  • Cloud Data Hub (CDH), CDEC Integration
  • Experience with Confluence, JIRA, and creating technical documentation
  • Understanding of data governance, AI risk, security, compliance, and IAM
  • Basic experience/understanding of AWS Components (in order of importance):
  • Glue, Kinesis (Streams & Firehose), Redshift, Athena, SNS, SQS, Secrets Manager, Param Store, CloudFormation.

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS

  • Experience building production grade AI systems (RAG, agents, embeddings, search)
  • Strong mathematical foundations in probability, optimization & deep learning
  • AI cost optimization and performance tuning
  • Experience with graph based reasoning, semantic caching, and model evaluation strategies
  • Strong communication skills for translating business needs into AI architectures
  • Ability to design AI safety controls and ensure model reliability
  • Experience preparing architectural specifications, solution designs and PoC to production handover
  • Strong organisational skills and ability to lead technical streams

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • AI Engineers are responsible for designing, building, and operationalising AI systems that scale across clients platforms.
  • Build enterprise grade AI/ML systems (LLMs, RAG, multi agent automation, vision/NLP models)
  • Develop retrieval pipelines, embedding strategies, semantic indexes & vector search
  • Build and maintain cloud native AI workflows using AWS (SageMaker, Lambda, EMR, Step Functions)
  • Integrate AI solutions into clients' platforms (CDEC, CDH, SAP, microservices)
  • Lead PoCs, architecture designs, and collaborate with global stakeholders
  • Implement MLOps pipelines & model monitoring (drift detection, auto retraining)
  • Ensure security alignment, model governance, responsible AI practices
  • Document designs, decisions, evaluations, and solution patterns
  • Support Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog refinement and cross team collaboration

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

  • Relevant IT / Engineering / Computer Science / Data Science Degree
  • AWS ML Specialty
  • AWS Solutions Architect (Associate/Professional)
  • DeepLearning.AI (GenAI, LLMs, Agents)
  • Hashicorp Terraform Associate

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