Automation Engineer

• Engage independently with business departments (Sales, HR, Finance, Technical Support, Production, Marketing) to map processes, identify inefficiencies, and maintain a pipeline of automation opportunities.
• Translate business process problems into technical solutions with scope, risk, and benefit assessments.
• Design, build, deploy, and maintain automation agents and workflows end-to-end.
• Build and maintain components of the internal AI platform (model gateway, agent runtimes, retrieval services, integrations, user access).
• Extend shared platform capabilities to reduce cost of new automations.
• Implement governance mechanisms (authorisation rules, budgets, guardrails, audit logging).
• Own operational health of platform components (monitoring, capacity, cost, incident response, root cause analysis).
• Ensure compliance with data classification, privacy, and security requirements.
• Define and maintain evaluation/regression suites to measure solution quality.
• Run adoption activities (training, demos, documentation, post-deployment reviews).
• Contribute to technical direction by evaluating models, tools, and approaches.
• Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge through reviews and training.
• Maintain clear technical documentation (platform architecture, agent designs, integrations).
• Facilitate communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software/Computer/Electronic Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 3-5 years’ experience in software development, automation, or data engineering with production delivery.
• Practical experience building AI/LLM-based applications (retrieval-augmented generation, agent workflows, automation pipelines).
• Proficiency in Python plus one typed language (Java, TypeScript, C#, etc.).
• Experience integrating with enterprise systems (ERP, CRM, ticketing, document management) via APIs.
• Working knowledge of containerisation, version control, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring.
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and DevOps practices.
• Demonstrated ability to engage non-technical stakeholders and deliver adopted solutions.
• Exposure to Linux, containerisation, cloud or on-prem infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of data protection, access control, and information security (including POPIA).
• Relevant certifications in AI/ML, cloud platforms, or software development are advantageous.

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• Software Developers
• Mobile Developers
• Business and Systems Analysts
• BI and SQL Experts
• Data & Analytics: Data Scientists, Data Analysts (Python, R, SQL, Machine Learning)
• AI & Machine Learning: ML Ops, NLP, Predictive Modelling Data Scientists

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Lameez Mohamed

Specialist Recruitment Consultant

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