AI Engineer (Juniors/Grads) (12 month contract)

Recruiter:

Network Recruitment

Job Ref:

ITE007198/Mon

Date posted:

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Location:

Centurion, South Africa

Salary:

Annually

SUMMARY:
AI Engineers will be given the opportunity to build AI capability from the ground up, working across the full AI stack, from infrastructure and data engineering through to application development and business implementation.

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities:

Design, train, and fine-tune ML/DL models (NLP, computer vision, time series, and generative AI).
Build and deploy AI applications using LLMs and ML frameworks.
Implement prompt engineering, RAG architectures, and agent-based systems.
Create APIs and integrations.
Work with SQL, NoSQL, and vector databases.
Deploy and manage ML models in production.
Build internal AI platform and tooling infrastructure.
Keep up with latest AI/ML advances and emerging technologies.

Job Experience and Skills Required:

Bachelor's or Honours Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or Information Systems
Experience in Python, or similar (Java, JavaScript, and Go)
Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, software design principles and strong SQL and database skills

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Monica de Wet
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