Generative AI Data Scientist – Johannesburg – R500k up to R700k per annum

A global financial services organisation seeks a passionate and innovative Generative AI Data Scientist to join their team. In this role, you will lead the development, fine-tuning, and deployment of state-of-the-art generative models (e.g., LLMs, diffusion models, GANs) to solve real-world problems across our products and services. Youll collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive AI innovation, build scalable solutions, and shape the future of our AI capabilities.

Responsibilities :

• Design, train, and deploy Generative AI models (e.g., GPT, LLaMA, Stable Diffusion, DALL
• E, etc.)
• Fine-tune foundation models using domain-specific data and RLHF techniques
• Develop scalable data pipelines to support model training and evaluation
• Analyze model performance and optimize for accuracy, efficiency, and ethical AI principles
• Work with product managers, designers, and engineers to integrate AI models into applications
• Stay current on the latest research in Gen AI and propose innovative solutions
• Create technical documentation and present findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Qualifications & Experience :

Reference Number for this position is NG60435 which is a contract Hybrid position offering a contract rate of R500k to R700k per annum