AI Engineer at Salt South Africa

Salary, Location & Core Benefits

• Location: Cape Town or Johannesburg (Hybrid)
• Salary: Competitive + bonus + equity
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Something about the company

• You’ll be joining a global digital consultancy that helps big organisations modernise their data, cloud, and AI capabilities. They work with enterprise clients across multiple industries, solving real transformation challenges, not just doing “innovation theatre.” You’ll be part of an engineering-led team that actually ships.

Something about the job

• You’ll lead technical workstreams, design modern data/AI architectures, and deliver hands-on solutions for clients.

You’ll get to:

• Build and deploy ML + LLM-powered systems
• Design cloud-native, scalable data & AI platforms
• Translate business problems into clean technical solutions
• Work directly with senior client stakeholders
• Contribute to proposals, accelerators, and internal R&D
• It’s equal parts engineering, consulting, and innovation.

Something about the person we’re looking for

• You’ve likely got 3-7 years in consulting or technical delivery and solid experience in one or more of: cloud data platforms, machine learning, analytics engineering, or software/platform engineering.

You’re great at:

• Solving complex problems
• Explaining tech clearly to non‑technical audiences
• Leading workstreams or mentoring others
• Designing or implementing data/AI solutions
• Bonus points for exposure to GenAI, LLMs, vector databases, LangChain, or proposal writing – but not essential.

Something about the benefits

• Compensation & Equity
• Performance bonus
• Employee stock options
• Share purchase plan (ESPP)
• Competitive compensation package
• Health & Wellbeing
• Health benefits plan
• Flexible working hours
• Pension plan
• Projects & Tools
• Modern equipment
• Big-name clients and genuinely interesting projects
• Cutting-edge cloud + AI technologies
• Learning & Growth
• Real growth opportunities
• Internal LMS, knowledge hubs, mentorship
• Strong technical leadership