AI Engineer – Johannesburg – up to R700 per hour

SUMMARY:
AI Engineer – Johannesburg – up to R700 per hour

POSITION INFO:

An IT Hub in delivering high-impact IT solutions for the global Group. We focus on innovation and excellence across a range of technologies seeks for a versatile AI Engineer who is a highly skilled professional responsible for leveraging advanced data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence techniques to drive business insights, optimize operations, and deliver innovative solutions. This role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities, from creating data mining architectures and statistical models to implementing AI-powered prompt engineering strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate to align AI outputs with organizational goals.
• Design data mining models, architectures, and protocols.
• Identify patterns across business functions (e.g., supply chain, marketing)
• Apply statistical methods for data-driven decision-making.
• Design data pipelines, propose AI solutions, and support development cycles.
• Facilitate collaboration between business, engineering teas, and EDE team.
• Develop and maintain high-quality, efficient software/Custom solutions.
• Build, deploy, and scale cloud applications using AWS with a focus on performance and security.
• Perform feature engineering, model tuning, and evaluation.
• Develop frameworks for secure, reliable, scalable AI deployment.
• Implement prompt engineering techniques for NLP and LLMs.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline
• Strong data engineering skills, including Python coding and data ingestion
• Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks (e.g., Langchain, Langgraph, GAIA) and their integration into solutions.
• Experience in defining acceptance criteria and managing scope for technical deliverables.
• Proficiency in frontend development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular/React).
• Knowledge of unit testing frameworks (Jest, pytest).
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, SQS).
• Familiarity with Git and GitHub Actions for version control and CI/CD.
• Understanding of UI/UX principles and RESTful APIs/GraphQL.
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

The Reference Number for this position is NG60662 which is a Contract, Hybrid role offering a contract rate of R600 up to R700 per hour negotiable based on experience. E-mail Nokuthula on nokuthulag@ e-Merge.co.za or call her for a chat on to discuss this and other opportunities.

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