Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Lula
Full-time South-Africa, Wes-Kaap Networks & Systems
Posted:
February 18, 2026
Location:
South-Africa, Wes-Kaap, South-Africa

Job Description

Job title: Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Reporting to: Head of Data Engineering

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

ROLE OVERVIEW

You’ll work at the intersection of data science and engineering to build, deploy, and scale machine learning systems. This includes improving ML infrastructure, designing reliable real-time data systems, and ensuring models run efficiently and reliably in production.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Consult with data scientists on training machine learning models
  • Support improvements and additions to the ML infrastructure, including getting your hands dirty with data engineering and DevOps engineering
  • Design systems to meet throughput and latency requirements
  • Implement NFRs (Non-Functional Requirements) to ensure a high degree of system reliability

THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

  • Prior experience with productionising ML s...

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Job Overview

Job Type: Full-time
Location: South-Africa, South-Africa
Posted: February 18, 2026
Deadline: March 30, 2026