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Junior-Mid Agentic AI Engineer (Python) (Remote)

Datafin

  • R Undisclosed
  • Permanent Intermediate position
  • Cape Town
  • Posted 23 Apr 2026 by Datafin
  • Expires in 34 days
  • Job 2637783
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About the position

ENVIRONMENT:

DESIGN, develop, and deploy Agentic AI systems and LLM-powered applications in production environments as the next Junior-Mid Agentic AI Engineer wanted by a provider of cutting-edge Tech Applications. You will build and optimize RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines while working with the ML Engineering team on model evaluation, testing, and continuous improvement. Applicants will need 2-3 years of professional experience in AI/ML Engineering or a closely related role. At least one production-level Agentic project — you've built, deployed, and maintained an agent-based system that serves real users or real workloads. You will also require practical experience with RAG architecture & LLM application development.

 

DUTIES:

  • Design, develop, and deploy agentic AI systems and LLM-powered applications in production environments.
  • Build and optimize RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines, including document ingestion, chunking strategies, embedding models, and retrieval mechanisms.
  • Integrate and manage vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, Milvus, ChromaDB) for efficient similarity search and knowledge retrieval.
  • Develop and maintain Backend services and APIs (primarily in Python) to serve AI models and agent workflows.
  • Work with the ML Engineering team on model evaluation, testing, and continuous improvement.
  • Contribute to the design of agentic architectures, tool-use patterns, and orchestration frameworks.
  • Implement guardrails, monitoring, and observability for LLM-based systems in production.
  • Collaborate on MLOps practices including model registry, experiment tracking, and CI/CD for ML pipelines.
  • Stay current with the rapidly evolving LLM and agentic AI landscape, evaluating new tools, models, and techniques for adoption.
 

REQUIREMENTS:

  • 2–3 Years of professional experience in AI/ML Engineering or a closely related role. At least one production-level Agentic project — you've built, deployed, and maintained an agent-based system that serves real users or real workloads.
  • Solid foundation in general Machine Learning — supervised/unsupervised learning, model training, evaluation metrics, and data preprocessing.
  • Hands-on experience with LLM application development — prompt engineering, fine-tuning, function/tool calling, and structured output generation.
  • Working knowledge of the agentic stack — agent frameworks, tool integration, memory management, planning and reasoning patterns, and multi-step orchestration.
  • Practical experience with RAG architecture — end-to-end pipeline design, embedding models, retrieval strategies, and re-ranking.
  • Exposure to vector databases — setup, indexing, querying, and performance tuning.
  • Strong Python skills — clean, well-structured, production-quality code. Comfortable with async programming, REST APIs, and standard data/ML libraries.
 

Desired Skills:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • REST API

About The Employer:

A provider of cutting-edge Tech Applications

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Datafin

About the agency

Datafin Recruitment was established in 1999 and is one of South Africa’s leading Recruitment companies. Owned and managed by two sisters Lindy and Bev Sollinger, we focus on connecting with both our clients and candidates in an authentic conscious meaningful manner. We focus on the Tech, Digital/Online, Data, Finance and HR industries.

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