Senior Machine Learning Engineer
takealot.com30 days ago
South Africa (city not specified)Senior
Responsibilities
- Analyze, build, evaluate, and productionise machine learning models.
- Work with large volumes of customer data and address machine learning use cases across the business.
- Brainstorm new ideas and concepts to solve specific business problems.
- Build scalable data-processing pipelines for machine learning workflows.
- Deploy machine learning models to production environments.
- Collaborate with teammates on design and code reviews.
- Keep up with developments in the machine learning domain.
Requirements
- A degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or a degree in a related field with work experience as a software engineer.
- 5 to 10+ years of experience applying machine learning to real-world problems or 5 to 10+ years of commercial software development experience.
- Strong understanding of statistical analysis, modeling, and machine learning techniques.
- Experience working in an agile, operationally hands-on team.
- Experience with Python, Linux, BigQuery, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, PyTorch, and Pandas.
- Experience building scalable data-processing pipelines for machine learning workflows and deploying machine learning models to production.
- Data mining and big data experience.
- Preferred: MSc or PhD, cloud-platform experience, end-to-end machine learning frameworks, model-serving systems, and large-scale LLM prompt pipelines for classification or data extraction.
Benefits
- Free takealotMORE subscription and staff discount.
- Remote or hybrid working model.
- Mentorship programme and access to the Naspers Tech Community.
- Free access to online learning through MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera, and other courses.
- Regular social events and out-of-office activities.
- Birthday leave and free parking.
- Confidential counselling, legal support, and financial guidance.
- Access to current technology and tools.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaAWSDockerGoogle BigQueryGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLinuxMLflowPandasPythonPyTorchRedisscikit-learnTensorFlow
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About takealot.com
Takealot.com is a South African e-commerce marketplace and first-party retailer offering general merchandise, electronics, and household goods to consumers nationwide. It operates its own logistics and warehousing to support marketplace sellers and direct sales, monetizing through product margins and seller commissions. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Cape Town, it is part of the Naspers/Prosus group.