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AI Engineering Manager

South Africa💼 Full-time🗓 2026-03-20 → 2026-08-11

Core

Leads a cross-functional team to design, build, and deliver scalable AI-enabled systems and LLM-integrated components for life sciences clients.

Role type

Senior AI Engineering Manager (Technical Leadership & Architecture)

Builds

Production-ready AI/LLM systems, RAG architectures, and vector search solutions for clinical trials and medical affairs.

Domain

Life Sciences / AI Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

LLM integration, RAG architectures, vector databases, AI orchestration frameworks, cloud platforms, distributed systems design, team leadership, AI governance

Preferred skills

Regulated industry experience, AI compliance knowledge, model lifecycle management

Technologies

OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, LlamaIndex, Azure, AWS, GCP

Responsibilities

Own product architecture including AI/LLM components; Design scalable and secure systems; Lead decisions on LLM integration and RAG; Mentor developers and QA engineers; Ensure predictable, high-quality releases; Drive cross-team alignment with Product and DevOps.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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