💼 Full-Time Position

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

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Lula
📍 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Location
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted
May 31, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Job title: Senior Machine Learning Engineer


Reporting to: Head of Data Engineering


Location: Cape Town, South Africa

ROLE OVERVIEW

You'll work at the intersection of data science and engineering to build, deploy, and scale machine learning systems. This includes improving ML infrastructure, designing reliable real-time data systems, and ensuring models run efficiently and reliably in production.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Consult with data scientists on training machine learning models 
  • Support improvements  and additions to the ML infrastructure, including getting your hands dirty with data engineering and DevOps engineering
  • Design systems to meet throughput and latency requirements
  • Implement NFRs (Non-Functional Requirements) to ensure a high degree of system reliability