Generative Ai Technical Lead
Johannesburg, GP, ZA, South Africa
Job Description
GenAI Delivery:
Build and deploy high-impact features, including prompts, prototypes, model integrations, and MLOps-lite workflows.Team Leadership:
Mentor 3-5 engineers, lead code/design reviews, and uphold secure, test-driven practices.Architecture:
Drive squad design sessions and contribute to GenAI architecture standards.Risk & Compliance:
Classify GenAI risks and implement safeguards for privacy, bias, and reliability.Monitoring:
Define SLOs and set up monitoring for cost, latency, and accuracy.Collaboration:
Work with cross-functional teams to refine requirements, ship safely, and share learnings.IT-related tertiary qualification
4 years' experience in software development or machine learning, with at least 1 year building and running GenAI or LLM-based solutions in production, including safety features and guardrails.
Practical knowledge of evaluating LLMs, covering RAG performance (e.g. recall/precision), hallucination detection, bias/toxicity assessment, and benchmarking for cost and latency.
Proven track record of technical leadership--mentoring, reviewing code, leading architecture decisions, and supporting sprint planning.
Hands-on expertise with:
Python and leading GenAI frameworks (such as OpenAI, Hugging Face, Anthropic, or Gemini)
Vector search tools like Pinecone, Weaviate, or FAISS within RAG setups
Front-end and back-end technologies (React, JavaScript/HTML, REST/gRPC APIs), containerization (Docker), and Git version control
Strong systems thinking with a design approach rooted in prompt engineering and GenAI-first principles.
Between 3 - 5 Years
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Job IdJD1442814
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationJohannesburg, GP, ZA, South Africa
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EducationNot mentioned