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AI Development Specialist - Azure

Sandton, North Johannesburg💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-22 → 2026-08-07

Core

Lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise-grade AI solutions on Microsoft Azure, from data ingestion and model development to deployment, monitoring, and optimization.

Role type

Senior IC machine learning engineer (Azure)

Builds

Scalable, secure, production-ready AI systems and APIs integrated into enterprise platforms

Domain

Enterprise software engineering and machine learning on Microsoft Azure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Azure OpenAI Service, Azure Machine Learning, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Python, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), CI/CD pipelines, data pipeline development, API design, observability, LLM optimization

Preferred skills

C#/.NET, Node.js/TypeScript, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, Terraform, Bicep, MLflow, Responsible AI governance

Technologies

Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Studio, AI Search, Azure Data Lake, Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Fabric, Data Factory, Event Hub, Azure API Management, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, MLflow

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and deploy AI/ML solutions leveraging Azure AI services; Build and expose secure, scalable APIs; Develop and maintain robust data pipelines; Containerise applications and deploy across Azure environments; Implement observability, monitoring, and performance tuning; Apply best practices in security, governance, and Responsible AI; Produce and maintain architecture documentation, technical designs, and operational runbooks

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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