Senior Data Scientist (AI & Agentic Systems)

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Pretoria, City of Tshwane, Gauteng, ZAF
In-Office
Senior level
Agency • Information Technology • Professional Services
The Role
Design, build, and support enterprise-scale agentic AI systems and platforms. Lead architecture decisions for agent frameworks, multi-step reasoning workflows, RAG solutions, MLOps/GenAI Ops, scalable containerized deployments (Docker/Kubernetes), performance engineering, monitoring/observability, and provide technical leadership and mentoring to deliver production-ready AI solutions.
Summary Generated by Built In

Are you passionate about Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, and building intelligent systems that solve real business problems?

We're looking for a Senior Data Scientist who thrives on designing enterprise-scale AI solutions, building autonomous AI agents, and creating intelligent platforms that deliver meaningful impact. This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technologies with a global team while helping shape the future of enterprise AI.

If you're someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, leading architectural decisions, and turning innovative ideas into production-ready solutions, this could be the perfect role for you.

As a Senior Data Scientist, you'll play a key role in designing, building, and supporting enterprise AI platforms. Your responsibilities will include:

  • Designing and building agentic AI system architectures using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and modern agent frameworks
  • Creating intelligent multi-step reasoning workflows with tool integration and orchestration
  • Defining AI model strategies, including architecture selection, fine-tuning, inference, and performance optimisation
  • Designing scalable and resilient AI deployments using Docker and Kubernetes
  • Building secure, low-latency networking architectures for AI workloads
  • Conducting systems performance engineering, including hardware selection, load testing, stress testing, and capacity planning
  • Establishing MLOps and GenAI Ops practices, including CI/CD pipelines, model versioning, and deployment automation
  • Implementing monitoring, logging, observability, and incident response for production AI environments
  • Building enterprise Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions and intelligent AI workflows
  • Providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and influencing architecture and engineering best practices

Requirements

Essential Skills

  • Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
  • Agent frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or Strands Agents
  • Designing agentic AI architectures
  • Multi-agent orchestration and workflow automation
  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • Python
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Production API development
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • MLOps and GenAI Ops
  • CI/CD for Machine Learning
  • Model versioning and deployment automation
  • AI observability and monitoring
  • Networking for machine learning workloads
  • Systems performance engineering

Advantageous Skills

  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Terraform or Terragrunt
  • AWS Lambda
  • Step Functions
  • EventBridge
  • Cloud security and IAM best practices
  • Data Engineering and ETL pipelines
  • Feature Stores
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • CloudWatch
  • Hybrid or multi-cloud AI deployments
  • Model optimisation techniques such as batching, quantisation, and distillation
  • Enterprise environments operating within regulated industries

Qualifications and Experience

  • A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field
  • A proven track record of delivering enterprise-scale AI solutions
  • Experience owning AI architecture from design through to production
  • Strong stakeholder management and technical leadership experience

Benefits
  • Cutting edge global IT system landscape and processes
  • Flexible working of 1960 hours in a 12-month period
  • High Work-Life balance
  • Remote / On-site work location flexibility
  • Highly motivating, energetic, and fast-paced working environment
  • Modern, state-of-the-art offices
  • Dynamic Global Team collaboration
  • Application of the Agile Working Model Methodology


Skills Required

  • Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
  • Agent frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or Strands Agents
  • Designing agentic AI architectures and multi-agent orchestration
  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • Python
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Production API development
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • MLOps and GenAI Ops, including CI/CD for ML and model versioning
  • AI observability, monitoring, logging, and incident response
  • Networking and systems performance engineering for ML workloads (load/stress testing, capacity planning)
  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or related field
  • Proven track record delivering enterprise-scale AI solutions and owning AI architecture to production
  • Strong stakeholder management and technical leadership experience
  • Amazon Bedrock (advantageous)
  • Terraform or Terragrunt (advantageous)
  • AWS Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge (advantageous)
  • Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch (advantageous)
  • Feature stores, data engineering and ETL pipelines (advantageous)
  • Model optimisation techniques (batching, quantisation, distillation) (advantageous)
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Year Founded: 2013

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