Nedbank
Johannesburg, South Africa
Job Purpose We are seeking a Senior AI engineering specialist with deep expertise in designing and scaling hyperscale cloud systems and advanced AI platforms. This role requires a strong foundation in distributed systems, machine learning, statistics, and big data ecosystems, combined with hands-on experience across modern AI frameworks and programming languages. The successful candidate will play a critical role in architecting, deploying, and optimising AI systems powered by both small language models (SLMs) and large language models (LLMs), ensuring the right models and infrastructure are applied to each use case for optimal performance, scalability, and cost efficiency. Job Responsibilities
Design and implement scalable AI systems leveraging SLMs and LLMs embedding responsible AI.
Select appropriate models based on use case, performance, and cost constraints, optimising value versus investment (FinOps for AI).
Develop end-to-end architectures from data...