Intermediate AI Engineer (Pretoria)

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Location:	Pretoria
Remote work:	Some remote work allowed
Type:	Permanent
Reference:	#GZ60985
Company:	E-Merge IT Recruitment

We are looking for a versatile Intermediate AI Engineer with 4 to 7 years of software engineering experience to join our growing team.

This hybrid role blends general software engineering with cutting-edge AI development. You will focus on building autonomous AI agents, complex reasoning workflows, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, while also contributing to full-stack enterprise web applications.

Core AI and language stack:

Strong proficiency in Python (mandatory)
Proficiency in an additional programming language (advantageous)
Hands-on experience with LangChain or similar LLM frameworks
(LangGraph, LlamaIndex, AutoGen are strong pluses)
Experience with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, pgvector)
Familiarity with LLM APIs (GPT, Claude) or local LLMs (Ollama, HuggingFace)

Backend and infrastructure:

API development using FastAPI or Flask
Strong PostgreSQL & SQL skills; NoSQL knowledge is beneficial
Cloud deployment experience on AWS (Bedrock, SageMaker, Lambda)
Docker and container orchestration (Kubernetes or ECS)
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation)
Software Engineering
Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and design patterns
Full-stack development using React, Vue, or Angular
Experience with unit & integration testing (Pytest)
Strong Git skills and collaborative workflows (PRs, branching)

Qualifications and experience:

IT Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
4 to 7 years of general Software Engineering experience
Proven experience building LLM-based applications or AI agents

Reference number for this position is GZ60985 which is a permanent Hybrid position based in Pretoria offering a cost to company salary of R800K PA 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.

Are you ready for a change of scenery? The E-Merge IT recruitment is a specialist niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right developers with the right companies in the right roles. Check out the E-Merge website www.e-merge.co.za for more great positions.

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