Junior AI Engineer

Network Recruitment
Johannesburg, Gauteng
Full-time
Posted 3 weeks ago
Full-time Engineering
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Job Description


SUMMARY:
Step into a role where you’ll design smart solutions, streamline processes, and help shape the future of how business gets done. As a Junior AI Engineer, you’ll combine coding skills with real‑world problem‑solving, building automations that make work faster, smarter, and more impactful.

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities: Work alongside business departments (Sales, HR, Finance, Technical Support, Production, Marketing) to observe, document and map processes. Assist in identifying and prioritising opportunities where AI and automation can reduce manual effort, cycle time or error rates. Build, test and deploy automation agents and workflows on the internal AI platform. Contribute to the development and maintenance of platform components including model gateway, agent run times, retrieval services, tool integrations and user access surfaces. Implement and maintain integrations between the AI platform and business systems (ERP, CRM, ticketing, knowledge sources). Monitor platform usage, cost and performance; resolve routine issues and escalate incidents as required. Prepare and maintain evaluation and regression test sets for deployed automations. Apply data classification, access control, privacy and audit requirements to all automation solutions. Document processes, solutions and design decisions for knowledge retention. Provide first-line support and guidance to departmental users of deployed automations. Participate in code reviews, design discussions and knowledge-sharing sessions. Stay updated on developments in AI models, tooling and automation practices. Communicate progress, risks and blockers clearly to managers and stakeholders. Job Experience and Skills Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering or related field 0-2 years' experience in software development, automation, data engineering or related discipline (academic, internship or project work considered) Practical exposure to Python and at least one AI\/LLM framework or API Working knowledge of version control, relational databases and web APIs Apply now! For more exciting IT vacancies, please visit: \/> I also specialise in recruiting in the following: Software Developers Mobile Developers Business and Systems Analysts BI and SQL Experts Data & Analytics (Data Scientists, Data Analysts, Python, R, SQL, Machine Learning) AI & Automation (Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Intelligent Automation, and Process Automation Solutions). If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable roles \/ positions. For more information, contact: Lameez Mohamed Specialist Recruitment Consultant Connect with me on LinkedIn!

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Job details
Job TypeFull-time
LocationJohannesburg, Gauteng
CategoryEngineering
Posted1 October 2026
Closing Date31 October 2026
Network Recruitment
Johannesburg, Gauteng

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