AI Platform Engineer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an AI Platform Engineer based in South Africa. Join a forward-thinking technology team building the AI platform that powers intelligent agents across multiple business functions, including engineering, business development, compliance, support, and finance. In this hands-on individual contributor role, you will design, develop, and operate the infrastructure that enables AI agents to perform increasingly autonomous tasks safely and reliably. You will work across agent runtimes, integrations, identity management, security guardrails, evaluation frameworks, and observability. Collaborating closely with internal domain experts, you will turn operational challenges into scalable AI-powered solutions that deliver measurable business value. You will take ownership from initial design and implementation through production deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement. This remote-first opportunity is ideal for an experienced engineer who combines strong software fundamentals with practical expertise in deploying and scaling LLM-based systems.