AI Engineer Jobs in South Africa.
South Africa is the most industrialized economy in Africa, with strong finance, mining, technology, and services sectors across Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban. Browse jobs across South Africa from companies hiring nationwide.
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Total jobs
25
positions indexed
New today
0
last 24 hours
Companies
15
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
from anywhere
How many AI Engineer jobs in South Africa are there right now?
There are 25 open AI Engineer jobs in South Africa on JobsRadar right now, from 15 companies hiring directly. 8 of them disclose pay, with a median of $47,840 a year and most offers between $18,720 and $47,840. The board was last refreshed on November 2, 2026 at 05:41 UTC.
AI Engineer salary range in South Africa
$9.00/hr
25th
$23.00/hr
Median
$23.00/hr
75th
$9.00/hr
$63.20/hr
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $9.00/hr – $120.00/hr · outliers off-axis
Based on 8 disclosed live listings
Updated Nov 2, 2026 from live listings
Technical Product Engineer - ATS, AI & Integrations
ReWorks Solutions
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2d ago
Machine Learning Ops Engineer
Impact.com
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3d ago
Freelance Mechanical CAD&Simulation Engineer - AI Trainer
Mindrift
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5d ago
CFD Engineer - AI Trainer
Mindrift
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6d ago
Freelance Mechanical CFD Engineer - AI Trainer
Mindrift
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6d ago
CAD Engineer - AI Trainer
Mindrift
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6d ago
Senior AI Platform Engineer
Hire Hangar
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1w ago
AI Engineer
ICON plc
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1w ago
Junior Full Stack Engineer – AI
The Global Talent Co.
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1w ago
AI Systems Engineer (LLM & AI Agent Development)
Pavago
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2w ago
ML Engineer (MSc. or PhD)
micro1
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2w ago
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Takealot Group
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2w ago
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
takealot.com
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2w ago
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Junior Software Engineer (AI-Enabled)
Ozow
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2w ago
OZ
Senior Software Engineer (AI-Enabled)
Ozow
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3w ago
OZ
Agentic AI Engineer
Ozow
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3w ago
AI/ML Engineer, Internal Platforms
micro1
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3w ago
Data & Integration Engineer (AI & Automation) - SA
T-Tech
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1mo ago
AI-Augmented QA Engineer
Pavago
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1mo ago
AI Integrations Engineer (Open Source · Web Search)
SearchApi
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2mos ago
AI-Native QA Automation Engineer
BVNK
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2mos ago
Full-Stack AI Engineer
Pavago
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3mos ago
AI Engineer - Remote
Huzzle
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5mos ago
AI Engineer (Automation & LLM Systems)
Huzzle
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6mos ago
AI Automation Engineer
Huzzle
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7mos ago
Frequently asked questions
- How many AI Engineer jobs in South Africa are open right now?
- 25 AI Engineer jobs in South Africa are open across 15 companies, as of November 2, 2026.
- What do AI Engineer jobs in South Africa pay?
- Across the 8 AI Engineer jobs in South Africa that disclose pay, the median is $47,840 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $18,720 and $47,840.
- Which companies are hiring AI Engineer jobs in South Africa?
- ReWorks Solutions, Impact.com, Mindrift, Hire Hangar and ICON plc are among the 15 companies currently hiring AI Engineer jobs in South Africa.
- How current are these listings?
- Every listing comes straight from the employer’s own careers system and is re-checked three times a day. This page was last updated on November 2, 2026 at 05:41 UTC.