Machine learning jobs in South Africa

As of Oct 21, 2026, 30 job listings in South Africa mention Machine learning. 4 of them (13%) say the job is remote. 8 have AI in the job title.

Counts come from the listings in the Velza AI Job Search Tool, data from Oct 21, 2026. The listings are updated weekly.

Most recent listings

• Senior Data Scientist (Credit)

  Moniepoint · Remote, South Africa · Posted Oct 16, 2026

  • AI in title
  • Machine learning
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• Consultant, Revenue Growth Management Technologies

  Coca-Cola · South Africa - Johannesburg · Posted Oct 8, 2026

  • Generative AI
  • Machine learning
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• Principal Software Engineer (Group Fulfilment)

  takealot.com · South Africa · Posted Oct 8, 2026

  • Machine learning
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• Principal Generalist Engineer

  Moniepoint · Remote, South Africa · Posted Sep 29, 2026

  • Machine learning
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• Talent Acquisition Partner

  RetailNext · Europe, Remote; South Africa, Remote · Posted Sep 29, 2026

  • Computer vision
  • Machine learning
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• Senior Database Administrator (MySQL, PostgreSQL) - Takealot

  Takealot Group · Cape Town · Posted Sep 17, 2026

  • Machine learning
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• Mr D Product Manager - Fulfilment

  Takealot Group · Cape Town · Posted Sep 17, 2026

  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Machine learning
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• Technical Account Manager - AI Agents

  Wing Assistant · Cape Town · Remote · Posted Sep 17, 2026

  • AI in title
  • AI agents / agentic AI
  • Machine learning
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• Mr D Product Manager - Fulfilment

  takealot.com · Cape Town · Posted Sep 17, 2026

  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Machine learning
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• Product Manager (Machine Learning)

  Takealot Group · Cape Town · Posted Sep 11, 2026

  • AI in title
  • Machine learning
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• Product Manager (Machine Learning)

  takealot.com · Cape Town · Posted Sep 11, 2026

  • AI in title
  • Machine learning
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• QA Manager - Merchant - FY27

  takealot.com · Cape Town · Posted Sep 7, 2026

  • Machine learning
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• QA Manager - Logistics - FY27

  takealot.com · Cape Town · Posted Aug 7, 2026

  • Machine learning
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• Principal Data Scientist

  Sand Tech Holdings Limited · South Africa · Posted Jul 22, 2026

  • AI in title
  • AI governance / responsible AI
  • MLOps / LLMOps
  • Machine learning
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• Senior Machine Learning Engineer

  Takealot Group · South Africa · Posted Jul 22, 2026

  • AI in title
  • Gemini
  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Machine learning
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• Senior Machine Learning Engineer

  takealot.com · South Africa · Posted Jul 22, 2026

  • AI in title
  • Gemini
  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Machine learning
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• Data Principal Engineer

  takealot.com · Cape Town · Posted Jul 14, 2026

  • AI agents / agentic AI
  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Machine learning
  • Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  • Vector databases / embeddings
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• Data Engineer

  VML Enterprise Solutions · Cape Town, South Africa · Posted Jul 10, 2026

  • Machine learning
  • Snowflake
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• Product Manager (Catalogue)

  takealot.com · Cape Town · Posted Jul 8, 2026

  • Machine learning
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• Senior Data Engineer

  Sand Tech Holdings Limited · South Africa · 2 openings · Posted Jul 2, 2026

  • Databricks
  • Machine learning
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• Data Engineer

  VML (formerly Wunderman Thompson) · Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa · Posted May 21, 2026

  • Machine learning
  • Snowflake
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• Group Head of Membership & Loyalty (TakealotMORE)

  Takealot Group · Cape Town · Posted Mar 23, 2026

  • Machine learning
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• Group Head of Membership & Loyalty (TakealotMORE)

  takealot.com · Cape Town · Posted Mar 23, 2026

  • Machine learning
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• Search Software Engineer

  takealot.com · South Africa · Posted Jan 30, 2026

  • Machine learning
  • Vertex AI
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• iOS Software Engineer

  takealot.com · Cape Town · 2 openings · Posted Jan 22, 2025

  • Machine learning
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• United States6,848
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• Canada490
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• Germany203
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• Taiwan135
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• Argentina48
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How this list works: we read the public job boards that employers publish on Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, SmartRecruiters and Workday, plus Google's and Microsoft's own career sites. Locations, regions and remote status come from what each posting says. AI skill labels are matched from each posting's text. Velza is not the employer and does not take applications. Always confirm details on the employer's site.