{"id":11234,"date":"2025-05-31T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/ai-engineer\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T00:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T00:24:16","slug":"ai-engineer","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/?post_type=job_listing&p=11234","title":{"rendered":"AI Engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT THE ROLE\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\tWe are seeking a highly skilled and agile AI Engineer to design, develop, and deploy fast-turnaround AI prototypes. In this role, you will work closely with our product and engineering teams to explore innovative AI solutions that can be tested and validated rapidly. You\u2019ll play a critical role in translating conceptual ideas into tangible MVPs using machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI technologies.<\/p>\n<p>RESPONSIBILITIES<\/p>\n<p>\tRapidly build and iterate on AI prototypes using tools such as AI Agents, LLM API calls, Pydantic AI, Langchain, RAGs, and other\u00a0<br \/>\n\tCollaborate with cross-functional teams to define AI use cases and data requirements.<br \/>\n\tBuild interactive demos or APIs to showcase the prototypes to internal or external stakeholders.<br \/>\n\tStay current with AI\/ML advancements and evaluate new tools and libraries that can accelerate development.<br \/>\n\tOptimize app performance and scalability for proof-of-concept demos.<\/p>\n<p>REQUIREMENTS<\/p>\n<p>Minimum:<\/p>\n<p>\tBachelor\u2019s or Master\u2019s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.<br \/>\n\t2+ years of experience in machine learning, data science, or AI engineering.<br \/>\n\tStrong programming skills in Python and experience with relevant libraries (e.g.Pydantic, OpenAI, LangChain).<br \/>\n\tHands-on experience with LLMs, foundational models, and cloud-based AI services (e.g., Azure ML, AWS Sagemaker, or Google Vertex AI).<br \/>\n\tAbility to work in a fast-paced, startup-like environment with a focus on rapid delivery and iteration.<br \/>\n\tExperience building APIs or lightweight UIs to demonstrate AI models.<\/p>\n<p>Preferred:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\tExperience with prompt engineering and fine-tuning LLMs.<br \/>\n\tKnowledge of MLOps or deploying open-source large language models in production environments.<br \/>\n\tFamiliarity with vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS).<br \/>\n\tPrior experience in building AI products in EdTech, FinTech, or HealthTech is a plus.<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website (  ) or<\/p>\n<p>job-boards.greenhouse.io<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/job-boards.greenhouse.io","_company_name":"HyperionDev","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[16],"job-types":[33],"class_list":{"0":"post-11234","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-expired","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-kwazulu-natal","7":"job-type-remote-hybrid"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/11234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=11234"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=11234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}