AI Engineer

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

• Large Language Models (LLMs), RAG systems, multi agent frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, GAIA)
• Python (Advanced), ML engineering (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit learn)
• Vector Databases (FAISS, Pinecone, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch)
• Prompt Engineering & Context Orchestration
• MLOps (SageMaker, ML Pipelines, GitHub Actions, CI/CD)
• AWS AI/ML stack: SageMaker, Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3
• Data Engineering: Spark, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL, ETL/ELT
• Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform
• Cloud Observability: CloudWatch, X Ray, logging/monitoring
• API & Microservices development
• Experience with Confluence, JIRA, and creating technical documentation
• Understanding of data governance, AI risk, security, compliance, and IAM
• Basic experience/understanding of AWS Components (in order of importance):
  • Glue, Kinesis (Streams & Firehose), Redshift, Athena, SNS, SQS, Secrets Manager, Param Store,
  • CloudFormation.

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS:

• Experience building production grade AI systems (RAG, agents, embeddings, search)
• Strong mathematical foundations in probability, optimization & deep learning
• AI cost optimization and performance tuning
• Experience with graph based reasoning, semantic caching, and model evaluation strategies
• Strong communication skills for translating business needs into AI architectures
• Ability to design AI safety controls and ensure model reliability
• Experience preparing architectural specifications, solution designs and PoC to production handover
• Strong organisational skills and ability to lead technical streams.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsibilities include:
• Build enterprise grade AI/ML systems (LLMs, RAG, multi agent automation, vision/NLP models)
• Develop retrieval pipelines, embedding strategies, semantic indexes & vector search
• Build and maintain cloud native AI workflows using AWS (SageMaker, Lambda, EMR, Step Functions)
• Lead PoCs, architecture designs, and collaborate with global stakeholders
• Implement MLOps pipelines & model monitoring (drift detection, auto retraining)
• Ensure security alignment, model governance, responsible AI practices
• Document designs, decisions, evaluations, and solution patterns
• Support Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog refinement and cross team collaboration.

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:

• Relevant IT / Engineering / Computer Science / Data Science Degree

Preferred Certifications:

• AWS ML Specialty
• AWS Solutions Architect (Associate/Professional)
• DeepLearning.AI (GenAI, LLMs, Agents)
• Hashicorp Terraform Associate

Submit your CV to: recruitment@imizizi.co.za and Subject line Role title