AI Engineer

About Us

At Embelo, we’re dedicated to helping founders of consulting businesses start and scale efficiently. Backed by our UK-based investors and clients, we deliver exceptional client services to a growing group of UK businesses, combining technical expertise, South African spirit, and the latest in AI-powered services. One of those is Inference Group, a fast-growing data and AI consultancy on a mission to help businesses unlock their true potential and drive sustainable growth.

Role Overview

We’re entering our next phase of growth and establishing a dynamic, tech-driven capability in Cape Town. We’re looking for a skilled AI Engineer to broaden our engineering expertise — designing, programming, and training complex networks of algorithms to expand our AI programmes.

In this role, you’ll evaluate and compare algorithm performance using large, real-world data sets. Design and implement machine learning algorithms. Undertake data mining from multiple sources to gain insights that accelerate algorithm and model performance. Play a pivotal role in supporting client objectives through AI-driven insights that enable better business decisions and strategic planning.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role for someone who is creative, curious, and technically skilled and loves working across the intersections of software engineering, data science, and AI innovation.

Location: This is a hybrid role based in Cape Town. 3-4 days in the office 8-5pm. If you’re applying from another location, please be aware relocation to Cape Town will be required and would need to be arranged personally.

Key Responsibilities Include

* Design, develop, and deploy AI/ML models using Microsoft Azure technologies.

* Build, train, and fine-tune machine learning models and algorithms to solve business challenges.

* Assess algorithm performance against large, real-world data sets.

* Support and oversee ongoing AI/ML engineering projects and delivery for multiple clients.

* Implement scalable, production-ready AI solutions using best practices in MLOps.

* Collaborate with consultants, clients and data engineers to deliver robust, high-value client solutions.

* Contribute to the continuous evolution of our AI capabilities by identifying and applying emerging tools and techniques.

What You Bring

We’re looking for someone with a strong foundation in programming, software engineering, and data science, with a track record of delivering engineering projects that realise the potential of AI/ML. You’ll bring experience in some or all of the following:

* Hands-on experience delivering AI/ML engineering projects, ideally within a consultancy or data-driven business.

* A deep curiosity for ongoing development in AI/ML and emerging tech.

* Confident, credible and able to communicate internally and externally

* Analytical mindset with a passion for solving complex, real-world problems.

* Excellent communication and collaboration skills — you enjoy working in a team that values learning and transparency.

* Deep experience across the Microsoft Azure ecosystem:

* Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML)

* Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

* Azure Data Lake Storage

* Azure Cosmos DB

* Azure SQL Database

* Azure DevOps

* Power BI

* Azure OpenAI Service

Working With Us:

At Inference Group, we’re a young and fast-growing consultancy built by people who are naturally curious and passionate about lifelong learning. If you’re driven and want to help shape the early stages of a dynamic business, we’d love to have you on board. You’ll be part of a team exploring the limitless opportunities of data and AI — driving excellence, growing together, and we’ll be having plenty of fun along the way.

We’re committed to hiring future leaders who will help shape our next chapter, and we’ll invest in your growth through access to the latest technology, hands-on experience, mentorship and ongoing training and certifications. As AI continues to evolve, we promise our clients a team of people who stay ahead of the curve — equipped with the most up-to-date knowledge and skills to deliver truly innovative solutions. Our Values are:

> We Geek Out Loud: we excel in our data and AI domain, using our expertise to deliver solutions that realise value. We share our wisdom and experience proudly, no egos, just pure tech passion.

> We Act Boldly, and Collaborate Openly: we explore uncharted territories, working on the new to deliver operational solutions at scale. We don’t tread over old ground. We collaborate openly with full transparency, learning from each other as a community.

> We are the Connectors: we bridge the gaps between business value, data engineering, data science and deployment. Working seamlessly as one unified team internally and externally to deliver working solutions for our clients.

> We Empower our Customers: we equip our clients with the skills and knowledge to fully leverage, scale and deploy data and AI solutions. We prioritise delivering operational success over prototypes and proof of concepts to provide long term value. We build trust.

> We Love our Work: we are proud of the work we do and take ownership of it. We work on the things we love and care about, we work with passion with people we respect.

> We are Data Jedis: we work on hard problems and aim to deliver working solutions at scale. We don’t have time for politics, backbiting, gossiping, game playing or selfish behaviour. We work as one team with a mission to deliver and we will only achieve that together.