AI Engineer

Recruiter:

Network Recruitment

Job Ref:

ITE007945/Mon

Date posted:

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Annually

SUMMARY:
The Junior AI Engineer will be responsible for finding and fixing manual bottlenecks across the business, and identifying repetitive tasks and replacing them with AI-driven automation.

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities: Analyze departmental workflows to identify highâfriction activities such as manual data entry, document sorting, and repetitive email handling. AI Automation: Design, build, and deploy Python scripts, LLMâpowered assistants, and lowâcode solutions to automate identified inefficiencies. Integrate core business systems with AI solutions to enable seamless, endâtoâend data flow with minimal human intervention. Rapidly prototype and test new automation ideas in a controlled environment before promoting them to live production. Serve as a technical liaison, translating AI capabilities into practical solutions that address nonâtechnical teams' dayâtoâday challenges. Contribute to weekly \"prompt syncs\" by sharing successful automations, reusable code snippets, and key lessons learned across the strike team. Continuously review AI outputs to ensure accuracy, fairness, and strict compliance with data security and governance standards. Job Experience and Skills Required: Degree in Information Technology, Engineering or similar 0-2 years' experience Strong experience in Python and or generative AI and API integrations Apply now! For more IT jobs, please visit \/> I also specialise in recruiting in the following: Software Development Data Engineer Data Analyst Infrastructure Architecture ... and more! If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable roles \/ positions. For more information contact: Monica de Wet Senior Recruitment Consultant

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