AI Research Engineer - Johannesburg (In office)

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Requirements:

• This role requires full-time office presence in Johannesburg.
• 3+ years of experience in machine learning, deep learning, or applied AI research
• Strong programming skills in Python
• Experience with ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, JAX)
• Familiarity with model training, evaluation, and deployment
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and statistics

Nice to have:

• Experience with large-scale models (LLMs, diffusion models, or similar)
• Familiarity with distributed training and cloud compute (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Publications or contributions to open-source AI projects

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