AI Engineering Lead

Confidential; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential in Abu Dhabi is seeking an AI Engineering Lead to build and operate the bank's enterprise AI platform, enabling AI agents, LLMs, and GenAI capabilities at scale while meeting security and regulatory requirements. You will collaborate with Data Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, Compliance, and Product teams to drive safe, governable AI foundations from day one.

Leadership duties include mentoring a high-performance AI Engineering team and championing

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering with leadership experience.
• Production experience deploying ML models, LLMs, and agentic systems at scale.
• Strong experience with MLOps/LLMOps platforms, model serving, governance, and AI lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, build, and operation of the bank's AI platform, including model serving and governance.
• Build and manage platform supporting AI agents, orchestration services, and tool integration.
• Establish evaluation frameworks, guardrails, monitoring, and testing processes for models and AI agents.
• Deliver production-grade GenAI and RAG capabilities with vector DB and retrieval pipelines.
• Partner with Data Engineering and Governance to ensure trusted AI solutions.
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing AI Engineering team and promote AI-native practices.

Skills

AI Engineering

MLOps

LLMOps

GenAI

RAG

Vector DB

AI Orchestration

Leadership

Job description

We're excited to be partnering with a leading institution in the UAE that is building a digital-first, AI-enabled financial services organization from the ground up. This is a unique opportunity to join at an early stage and help shape the technology, data, and AI foundations of a business with significant institutional backing and long-term ambition. If you're passionate about AI engineering, agentic systems, and building enterprise-scale AI platforms, we'd love to hear from you.

As AI Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for building and operating the bank's enterprise AI platform, enabling AI agents, LLMs, and machine learning capabilities to operate safely, securely, and at scale. Working closely with Data Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, Compliance, and Product teams, you will help establish one of the region's most ambitious AI-native banking platforms from day one.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, build, and operation of the bank's AI platform, including model serving, registries, AI gateways, and MLOps/LLMOps capabilities.
• Build and manage the platform supporting AI agents, orchestration services, tool integration, agent governance, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Establish evaluation frameworks, guardrails, monitoring, and testing processes for models and AI agents.
• Deliver production-grade GenAI and RAG capabilities, including retrieval pipelines, vector databases, and LLM integrations.
• Partner with Data Engineering and Governance teams to ensure trusted, compliant, and governed AI solutions.
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing AI Engineering team while driving adoption of AI-native development practices.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in AI Engineering, Machine Learning Engineering, or MLOps, including leadership responsibility.
• Production experience deploying machine learning models, LLMs, and agentic systems at scale.
• Strong experience with MLOps/LLMOps platforms, model serving, model governance, and AI lifecycle management.
• Experience building GenAI, RAG, vector database, and AI orchestration solutions.
• Experience operating within banking, financial services, fintech, or another highly regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of AI governance, explainability, monitoring, model risk, and responsible AI practices.