Intermediate AI Engineer

Are you excited about the possibilities of Artificial Intelligence and passionate about building intelligent solutions that solve real-world business challenges? Do you have a strong software engineering background and hands-on experience with Generative AI and Machine Learning?
We are looking for an enthusiastic and technically driven Intermediate AI Engineer to join an innovative team at Monocle. This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to grow their expertise in AI engineering while contributing to the design, development and delivery of production-ready AI solutions.
You will work with modern AI technologies, build intelligent applications and collaborate with technical teams and clients to turn emerging AI capabilities into practical business solutions.

Required skills and experience:

• A degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, statistics or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience
• 3+ years of experience in software, data or machine learning engineering, including delivering ML or LLM-based solutions into production
• Previous software engineering experience will be recognised and valued
• Strong Python and SQL skills, supported by solid software engineering fundamentals, including testing, version control and design patterns
• Hands-on experience building LLM applications, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and prompt design, using hosted model platforms such as Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock or similar
• Working knowledge of embeddings, vector search and hybrid search
• Experience evaluating AI outputs using test sets and measurable metrics rather than relying solely on manual checks
• Experience with AWS or Azure, with an interest in developing knowledge of the other platform
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, Docker and infrastructure as code
• Working knowledge of secure coding practices, authentication, authorisation and secrets management
• Understanding of responsible AI principles and data-protection fundamentals, including POPIA
• Daily use of AI tools within engineering workflows
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain AI capabilities and limitations to non-technical stakeholders
• Willingness to travel to clients when required

Nice to have:

• Experience with Databricks or Microsoft Fabric, including their AI and machine learning capabilities
• Exposure to agent frameworks or orchestration libraries, as well as model fine-tuning
• Experience with MLOps or LLMOps tools, including experiment tracking, model registries and evaluation pipelines
• Cloud, data or AI certifications, with Monocle supporting ongoing certification and professional development

Examples include:

• Microsoft AI-102
• AWS machine learning engineer associate
• Databricks generative AI engineer
• Previous consulting experience or involvement in client-facing project delivery

Reference number for this position is GZ61580 which is a permanent position based in Johannesburg / Hybrid offering a cost to company salary of R800k per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on az.oc.egrem-e@zhtrag or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
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Posted on 11 Nov 09:02, Closing date 10 Jan