Job Description
About the Role
The Menlyn: 0178 AI Engineer will lead the architecture, design and delivery of scalable, production-ready AI/ML solutions on AWS (or other tech stacks as per changing business requirements), with an emphasis on sound, classical AI techniques. This role requires a strong technical leader to define and enforce best practices for ML model development, validation, deployment, monitoring and lifecycle management.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, design and delivery of scalable, production-ready AI/ML solutions on AWS (or other tech stacks as per changing business requirements)
- Define and enforce best practices for ML model development, validation, deployment, monitoring and lifecycle management
- Build and maintain end-to-end data and model pipelines using AWS native services ensuring reliability, reproducibility and maintainability
- Conduct model selection, feature engineering and rigorous evaluation using statistical and probabilistic methods to ensure robust performance
- Drive architectural decisions for model serving, inference scaling, rollback strategies and cost optimization
- Implement and oversee model governance, versioning, monitoring, drift detection and alerting for production systems
- Mentor and upskill junior data scientists and engineers through pair programming, technical reviews, structure training sessions and skills roadmap coaching
- Create and deliver internal workshops, brown-bags and learning materials focused on foundational AI principles and practical implementation
- Review and approve technical designs, code and proposals from team members, ensuring adherence to engineering standards and security controls
Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline; advanced degree (MSc/PhD) preferred
- Minimum 10 years of hands-on experience in AI/ML engineering and architecture, with at least 3 years deploying and operating models in AWS production environments
- Proven track record of mentoring and developing junior team members, running training programmes, and influencing technical direction across teams
Qualifications
No qualifications mentioned.
Salary & Benefits
Salary information not provided.
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