AI Engineer

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Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZAF
In-Office
Senior level
Information Technology • Pet • Professional Services
The Role
Design, develop, deploy, and optimize AI/ML models and Generative AI applications (LLMs, RAG, agents). Build POCs/MVPs, deploy cloud AI workloads, monitor performance, ensure governance/security, and collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and stakeholders.
Summary Generated by Built In

Our client is seeking an experienced AI Engineer to design, develop, deploy, and optimize Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions that solve complex business challenges. The successful candidate will play a key role in building AI-powered applications, Generative AI solutions, intelligent agents, and scalable machine learning systems.


RequirementsKey Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, and deploy AI and Machine Learning models.
  • Build and maintain Generative AI applications and AI-powered solutions.
  • Develop Proof of Concepts (POCs) and Minimum Viable Products (MVPs).
  • Implement Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures.
  • Develop AI agents and workflow automation solutions.
  • Collaborate with Data Scientists, Engineers, and Business Stakeholders.
  • Monitor and optimize AI model performance.
  • Ensure AI solutions meet governance, security, and compliance requirements.
  • Deploy AI workloads within cloud environments.
Minimum Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
  • 5+ years of software development experience.
  • 3+ years of hands-on AI/ML engineering experience.
  • Strong Python development skills.
  • Experience with machine learning frameworks such as:
    • TensorFlow
    • PyTorch
    • Scikit-Learn
Technical Skills
Essential
  • Python
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • Generative AI
  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Prompt Engineering
  • RAG Architectures
  • Vector Databases
  • API Development
  • Docker
  • Git
Preferred
  • AWS AI Services
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • SageMaker
  • LangChain
  • LangGraph
  • OpenAI APIs
  • Anthropic Claude
  • MLOps
  • Kubernetes
Nice to Have
  • AWS Certification
  • AI/ML Certifications
  • Experience developing AI Agents
  • Experience with enterprise AI deployments
Key Competencies
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Innovation
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Communication Skills
  • Continuous Learning


Skills Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field
  • 5+ years of software development experience
  • 3+ years of hands-on AI/ML engineering experience
  • Strong Python development skills
  • Experience with TensorFlow
  • Experience with PyTorch
  • Experience with Scikit-Learn
  • Experience with Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Prompt engineering experience
  • Experience implementing RAG architectures
  • Experience with vector databases
  • API development experience
  • Experience deploying AI workloads in cloud environments
  • Docker experience
  • Git experience
  • AWS AI Services, Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker experience
  • Experience with LangChain or LangGraph
  • Experience with OpenAI APIs or Anthropic Claude
  • MLOps experience
  • Kubernetes experience
  • AWS Certification or AI/ML certifications
  • Experience developing AI agents and enterprise AI deployments
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The Company
22 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

Blue Pearl is a market-leading CLOUD Solutions developer with extensive knowledge and insight into the latest technologies, standardised processes, advanced technical capabilities and consulting processes available, ensuring wholistic success for our clientele. We offer professional consulting to compliment your business strategy and overall management and make it our priority to add value to any business by listening, analysing and creating a conducive solution that will empower our client. We implement a Data Analysis Process that includes inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modelling data with the end-goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and relevant information to support your decision-making. Your business cannot afford not to engage with us, allowing our data analysis to play a role in making your business decisions more scientific and helping your business achieve effective operation. Blue Pearl’s team of experts include BI strategists, BI analysts, Data Warehouse Architects, Data Scientists, Implementation and Development experts. With the use of BI, Analytics and Big Data, we effectively partner with our customers on their mission to achieve a competitive business advantage and real ROI from the structured information we collect.

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