SENIOR AI ENGINEER

Recruiter:

SRG Financial Placements

Job Ref:

DUR000024/TB

Date posted:

Friday, September 11, 2026

Location:

Durban, South Africa

SUMMARY:
Our client, a leading iGaming Developer is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to join the Advanced Data Products team and help build the AI and data-driven products. If you love turning messy business problems into production-grade ML/AI solutions — and care as much about reliability and scale as you do about model performance then this role is made for you.

POSITION INFO:
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Design and build AI\/ML products that drive real business outcomes from ideation to production Work closely with business teams (Revenue, Studios, Finance, Marketing, Operations) to uncover high-value use cases Run discovery sessions to understand problems deeply, then craft the right data science solution Engineer, deploy, and maintain AI\/ML systems in production - owning the full lifecycle Build and maintain observability tooling to monitor model performance, data quality, and system health Mentor junior engineers in the team - sharing knowledge, reviewing work, and helping them grow Convert model results into clear, actionable recommendations for stakeholders at all levels Scale successful solutions across business functions and regions globally QUALIFICATIONS: A B.Sc. degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, or related field, with a strong understanding of machine learning and solid software engineering skills that you can write clean, production-ready code. Hands-on cloud experience, AWS preferred, along with a track record of building, deploying and operating ML systems at scale. Experience with observability - monitoring, alerting, and keeping models healthy in production as well as the ability to turn complex AI\/ML concepts into clear business language is essential. Experience mentoring, supporting and growing junior engineers is required. Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 14 days then please consider your application as unsuccessful.

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