Intermediate AI LLM Engineer - Sandton - R800k PA
- Location
- Sandton, Gauteng
- Contract
- Permanent
- Salary (as advertised)
- R800 000 per year
- Closing date
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In brief
**Overview** This permanent role is for an Intermediate AI LLM Engineer, based in Sandton, offering a salary of R800k per annum, negotiable based on experience and ability (Reference Number GZ61524). The position is within a specialist technology environment dedicated to building and improving AI-driven conversational systems. The role provides hands-on exposure to exciting technologies including LLMs, voice agents, automated testing, AI coding tools, and modern software development practices. E-Merge is the specialist niche recruitment agency facilitating this opportunity. **What you will do** * Implement prompt changes, tool handlers, and function/webhook logic for voice agents. * Build or improve automated QA workers and analysis jobs (queues, artifacts, scoring ingest). * Write and maintain unit/contract tests and scenario-based eval cases. * Translate scorecard / conversation requirements (with Analyst/Tester) into schemas and fixtures. * Support post-call analytics tasks such as scoring result ingestion, data mapping, and output validation. * Diagnose and fix production issues with logging/observability support. * Support early email/WhatsApp bot flows under Senior/Lead direction. * Use AI coding tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude) to accelerate learning and delivery. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Must-Have Skills & Experience:** * 4 to 6 years software engineering (or equivalent applied experience) * Solid Python; comfortable with APIs, SQL, and modern git/CI workflows * Hands-on LLM application work (prompting, tool use, agents - production preferred) * Willingness to learn Azure Functions, messaging, blob storage, and SQL in a production environment * **Strong Advantages:** * Experience with Cursor, Claude, or similar AI coding assistants * Azure Functions or similar serverless * OpenAI SDKs / structured JSON responses * Basic speech/audio exposure * Strong testing and code quality habits * Interest in conversational UX across voice and text **Who should apply** This opportunity is for an Intermediate AI Engineer ready to take their AI engineering career to the next level. Ideal candidates are those looking to sharpen their technical expertise, work with emerging AI technologies, and continue growing within a collaborative, forward-thinking team in a specialist technology environment. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.jobmail.co.za/jobs/it-computer/other-it-computer/sandton/intermediate-ai-llm-engineer-sandton-r800k-pa-id-7576838 Source: jobmail
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- Python
- SQL
- Azure
- Git
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