AI Engineer – Cloud & Generative AI Solutions
IQbusiness · Johannesburg
Job description
About the role
IQbusiness is seeking a hands‑on AI Engineer to design, build and operationalise cloud‑based AI solutions across Azure, AWS and Google Cloud. The role sits in the Data & Analytics team, reporting to the AI Capability Lead, and focuses on delivering production‑grade Generative AI, RAG agents and document‑intelligence solutions for financial services and other sectors.
Key responsibilities
- Design, develop and deploy Generative AI and LLM‑based applications, including end‑to‑end RAG pipelines, document‑intelligence workflows and multi‑agent solutions.
- Implement cloud AI architectures on Azure, AWS or GCP, integrating AI models via APIs, Service Bus, web apps and messaging platforms.
- Build and maintain reliable data pipelines (Python, SQL, PySpark) to support AI workloads, ensuring data quality, lineage and governance.
- Set up CI/CD pipelines for model deployment, monitoring and versioning, applying Responsible AI and security best practices.
- Engage with senior client stakeholders, contribute to pre‑sales activities, demos, PoCs and RFP responses.
Required profile
- Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related quantitative field.
- 3+ years delivering AI/ML or data solutions, with 1–2 years hands‑on Generative AI engineering experience.
- Strong data‑engineering background (Python, PySpark, SQL, lakehouse patterns) and experience on at least one major cloud platform.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills, with ability to translate business needs into AI solutions.
Required skills
- Python, PySpark, SQL
- Azure (OpenAI, AI Search, Cognitive Services, Functions, Container Apps, Synapse, Data Lake, DevOps)
- AWS (Bedrock, Lambda, S3, Textract)
- Google Cloud (Vertex AI, Cloud Run, AppSheet)
- Databricks notebooks, ML workflows, Lakehouse
- Vector databases, embeddings, RAG pipelines, OCR, document classification
- CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions), containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
- API integration, Service Bus, web app development
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IQbusiness
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