Senior Software Engineer – Data Science

3 days ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Communicate Ct Full time US$90 000 - US$180 000 per year
You've built models that outsmart spreadsheets.
You've scaled systems that laugh in the face of latency.
Now it's time to engineer intelligence that moves the needle—globally.
Our client is engineering real-time, distributed platforms that process data at telecom-grade scale. This isn't your average analytics gig. It's where software engineering and data science collide to build AI features that actually do something—at speed, at scale, and in production.
If you've ever said, "I don't just train models—I deploy them," we're already interested.

What you'll be building:
ML/AI features that run inside high-volume, real-time distributed systems
Microservices that scale dynamically and integrate seamlessly
Data pipelines that transform chaos into clarity
Solutions that go from whiteboard to client deployment—with zero fluff

Your toolbox includes:
Python, Java, SQL
Unix-based environments, CI/CD pipelines
Kafka, containers, microservices
Feature engineering, model evaluation, version control
Production-grade ML workflows

You'll thrive here if:
You've deployed models into production and debugged them under pressure
Think in algorithms but communicate like a product owner
You've mentored juniors and shaped technical direction
You've worked with NLP, audio processing, LLMs or RAG—and you know what works in the wild
You understand distributed systems and how to make them behave

Bonus points if you've touched:
Real-time event systems
Telecom, signal processing or IP networks
Scalable ML services that don't just run—they evolve
This is not a sandbox. It's a launchpad for engineers who want their code to matter

Contact Seth Hickley at [email protected] or call
Quote Ref: CTI006019.

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