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AI Development Specialist - Azure

Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town Region💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-25 → 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 AI/ML Engineer (Azure)

Builds

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

Domain

Enterprise software engineering & Generative AI on Microsoft Azure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Python, Azure OpenAI Service, Azure Machine Learning, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), CI/CD pipelines, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Prompt Engineering, LLM optimization, Data pipeline development, API Management, Infrastructure as Code (Bicep/ARM/Terraform)

Preferred skills

C#/.NET or Node.js/TypeScript, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Banking domain experience, Azure AI Engineer Associate certification

Technologies

Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Studio, AI Search, Azure Data Lake, Synapse Analytics, Event Hub, MLflow, GitHub Actions, LangChain, Semantic Kernel

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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