AI / Chatbot Data Scientist

Job Mail • Bachelor's Degree • Python • 6 hours ago

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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 25, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 24, 2026. Job Mail scores A on the Alion truth index.

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Job Mail

Job Mail is a South African online job board offering a large selection of vacancies across the country and some positions abroad. Job seekers can search and apply for jobs online, upload a CV and receive job alerts, while employers and recruitment agencies can advertise positions to a broad national audience. The brand is one of the longer-established names in South African job advertising and is operated from South Africa.

jobmail.co.za • HQ: Pretoria, South Africa • Job Boards & Aggregators

We’re looking for a hands-on engineer to join an innovative AI engineering team, working on voice, text and QA agents that operate in real-world customer interactions.

This is an opportunity to work on AI that goes beyond experimentation - you’ll be building, testing and improving production AI solutions used in live environments.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Build and maintain voice, text and QA AI agents
Develop and optimise conversational AI solutions across multiple use cases
Work on text-bot development as the organisation expands its omnichannel AI capabilities
Build and integrate LLM-powered solutions
Work with Speech-to-Text (STT) and Text-to-Speech (TTS) technologies
Develop and integrate APIs to connect AI solutions with existing platforms
Create and manage campaign variants and conversational experiences
Support regression testing, releases and production deployments
Continuously improve AI systems based on real-world interactions and performance

What You MUST Bring:

Python development experience
Hands-on experience with LLM integration
Familiarity with STT / TTS technologies
Experience working with APIs and integrations
Strong experience using GitHub / Git
A genuine interest in building and developing AI-powered applications
Bachelor’s degree or Honours in Actuarial Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Quantitative Science, Data Science or a related quantitative field
Strong mathematical and analytical foundation

Nice to Have:

Experience with any of the following will give you an advantage:

Dialogue / conversational AI systems
Telephony APIs
Azure
Docker
CI/CD pipelines
Hugging Face
Voice-agent development
AI agent frameworks

The Ideal Candidate:

We’re looking for someone who doesn't just talk about AI - they build it.

If you've built chatbots, voice agents, conversational systems, LLM applications or AI models that interact with users in real time, we want to hear from you.

If you're a hands-on engineer who loves solving complex problems and turning AI concepts into working solutions, this could be your next big opportunity.

Ready to build the future of conversational AI?

For Finance Roles:

For more exciting Actuarial & Analytics vacancies, please visit:

https://www.networkrecruitmentinternational.com

I also specialize in recruiting:

Actuarial (Life, Short-Term, Pensions, Health, Quant)
Data Science & Advanced Analytics
Pricing & Product Modelling
Market, Credit & Quantitative Risk
Machine Learning & AI Specialists

If you have not received a response within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Your profile will remain on our database for future opportunities.
For more information, contact:
Kholo Mongalo
Recruitment Researcher - Actuarial & Analytics
Connect with me on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kholo-v-mongalo-23354113

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