z.systems, a VC-backed tech startup revolutionizing retail across Africa, seeks a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to lead computer vision initiatives. The role involves building detection and recognition pipelines, optimizing YOLO-based models, and deploying solutions in production. You will mentor junior engineers, collaborate with product and operations teams, and drive innovation in a fast‑paced environment. Candidates should have 4+ years of ML engineering experience, strong Python skills, and expertise in computer vision, synthetic data, and distributed training on AWS. Fluency in French and English is required. Join us to shape the future of retail in Africa.

We are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to lead the development of cutting‑edge computer‑vision solutions for our B2B2C retail platform. The role involves designing, training, and deploying state‑of‑the‑art models such as YOLO, DINO, and ViT on AWS infrastructure, while ensuring high performance on edge devices using TensorRT and TFLite. You will collaborate with product and data teams to generate synthetic data, build annotation pipelines, and optimize small‑object detection pipelines. Strong Python, PyTorch, and distributed‑training skills are essential, along with fluency in English and French.