AI Engineer (Data Scientist)

Absa Group’s Chief Data Analytics and Applied AI Office (CDAIO) requires a highly skilled and production-focused AI Engineer (Data Scientist) to join the AI Solution Engineering Squad. This role plays a key role in the development, deployment, and operationalisation of AI capabilities such as machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI, and agentic AI models.

• Production-grade design, development, and deployment of ML, generative AI, and agentic AI solutions across Absa's four business units.
• End-to-end design and operation of agentic AI systems including multi-agent orchestration and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Full MRM lifecycle accountability: model documentation, explainability, and bias and fairness testing.
• Embedding responsible AI controls into the CI/CD pipeline and conducting impact assessments for high-risk use cases.
• Champion-challenger testing and automated drift monitoring for model performance.

• Postgraduate degree in a quantitative discipline such as Computer Science or Data Science.
• 8-12 years of progressive leadership experience in Applied AI (Data Science).
• Demonstrated production deployment of ML solutions in a regulated environment.
• Experience with Model Risk Management and Responsible AI delivery.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, and PyTorch.