Machine Learning Engineer

Location:	Johannesburg
Type:	Contract
Reference:	#NG59767
Company:	E-Merge IT Recruitment

A group providing value-conscious mass-marketing to customers in Southern Africa and leaders in providing innovative financial services have an opportunity for a Machine Learning Engineer to build, implement, improve and support the AI platform which will support the delivery of the AI strategy. To collaborate in creating and delivering the AI strategy to ensure the company is able to compete in a fast-changing landscape. The effective use of AI technologies will be a key strategic differentiator in the future.

Responsibilities:

• Object-oriented and functional programming in Python
• Modern software development practices
• Database querying using SQL
• Data life cycle
• Machine learning concepts
• Manage the Machine learning model life cycle
• Oversee the Microservice architectures

Qualifications and experience:

• Five+ years of software development experience
• Expert in Python and SQL
• Experience with the modern software development best practices: agile software development, code reviews, unit testing, version control, e.g. git, CI/CD
• Experience working in an agile team
• Experience with ML frameworks and tools (e.g. pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, Pytorch, Spark MLlib)
• Experience with modern ETL, compute and orchestration frameworks, e.g. Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, etc.
• Development experience in both Windows and Linux
• Experience with container technologies, e.g. Docker, Kubernetes
• Modern software development practices
• Database querying using SQL

The reference number for this position is NG59767 which is a 12-month contract position in Johannesburg offering a salary of R660 up to R880 per hour salary negotiable based on experience. E-mail Nokuthula at az.oc.egreM-e@galuhtukon or call her for a chat on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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Posted on 19 Sep 10:48, Closing date 18 Nov