AI / LLM Engineer

Konvergense LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Konvergense LLC is seeking an AI / LLM Engineer in Dubai to develop AI automation solutions that enhance business efficiency. You will build AI agents, chatbots, and automation workflows using modern LLMs and various APIs.

The ideal candidate has 3-5 years of experience in AI engineering and proficiency in developing scalable AI systems. Preference will be given to candidates based in the UAE, with potential hybrid arrangements for those with strong technical backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–5 years of professional experience in AI engineering.
• Hands-on experience building applications using LLM APIs.
• Good understanding of SQL or NoSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Build AI agents, chatbots, and automation systems.
• Develop AI workflows using APIs from various platforms.
• Test AI systems for accuracy and reliability.

Skills

Experience with LLM APIs such as OpenAI

Understanding of prompt engineering

Experience with REST APIs

Ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field

Tools

Familiarity with vector databases

Experience with Docker

Job description

Konvergense is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds, nationalities, and professional experiences.

Konvergense is a UAE-based AI automation and digital agency founded in 2008. We help businesses across the UAE and GCC implement practical AI automation solutions that improve efficiency, reduce operational costs, enhance customer experience, and support business growth.

We are looking for a talented AI / LLM Engineer to join our team. This role is ideal for a technically strong developer who can build AI agents, intelligent chatbots, virtual assistants, internal copilots, RAG-based knowledge systems, and AI-powered workflow applications for SMB and enterprise clients.

The ideal candidate should have hands‑on experience working with Large Language Models, AI APIs, prompt engineering, vector databases, backend development, and practical business automation use cases.

Position Overview

The AI / LLM Engineer will be responsible for developing the core AI logic behind Konvergense’s automation solutions. You will work closely with AI consultants, automation engineers, data specialists, project managers, and client stakeholders to build reliable, scalable, and business‑ready AI systems.

You will help design and develop AI agents that can answer customer queries, qualify leads, automate internal workflows, search knowledge bases, assist employees, support sales teams, improve customer service, and connect intelligently with business tools and platforms.

This is a hands‑on technical role for someone who can move beyond basic prompts and build structured, tested, and production‑ready AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

AI Agent & LLM Development

• Build AI agents, chatbots, virtual assistants, copilots, and task‑based automation systems using modern Large Language Models.
• Develop AI workflows using APIs from platforms such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Azure OpenAI, or similar providers.
• Create structured prompt systems, system instructions, tool‑calling flows, decision trees, routing logic, and conversation flows.
• Build AI solutions that can interact with business systems, knowledge bases, CRMs, websites, email, WhatsApp, databases, and internal tools.
• Develop AI features that support lead qualification, customer support, appointment booking, document search, internal productivity, sales assistance, and content automation.

RAG & Knowledge‑Based AI Systems

• Build Retrieval‑Augmented Generation systems using company documents, websites, FAQs, policies, manuals, product information, and structured business knowledge.
• Work with vector databases, embeddings, document ingestion, chunking, metadata, search relevance, and retrieval optimization.
• Improve AI response accuracy by designing better knowledge retrieval flows and grounding mechanisms.
• Test AI responses against business knowledge, client documents, and real‑world user scenarios.
• Develop backend services, API endpoints, middleware, and integrations required for AI automation solutions.
• Connect AI systems with third‑party platforms through APIs, webhooks, databases, and SaaS tools.
• Support integration with platforms such as HubSpot, Zoho, Salesforce, Shopify, WooCommerce, WordPress, WhatsApp Business API, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, helpdesk systems, and custom databases.
• Build secure and maintainable code that can be tested, deployed, monitored, and improved over time.

Quality, Testing & Optimization

• Test AI systems for accuracy, hallucination risk, reliability, edge cases, escalation handling, and user experience.
• Improve prompt quality, retrieval performance, response consistency, and workflow reliability.
• Implement guardrails, fallback logic, human handoff flows, approval mechanisms, and error handling.
• Work with AI Automation Consultants and Solutions Architects to convert business requirements into technical implementation plans.
• Collaborate with workflow automation engineers, data engineers, designers, and project managers.
• Document AI logic, prompts, API flows, system architecture, deployment steps, and technical decisions.
• Support internal knowledge sharing and contribute to reusable AI components, templates, and frameworks.

Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
• Equivalent professional experience may be considered for candidates with strong practical AI development experience.
• Relevant AI, cloud, software engineering, or data science certifications are an advantage.

Professional Experience

• Minimum 3–5 years of professional experience in software development, backend development, AI engineering, machine learning engineering, or automation development.
• Hands‑on experience building applications using LLM APIs or AI platforms.
• Experience with RAG systems, AI agents, chatbots, virtual assistants, or conversational AI is strongly preferred.
• Experience working on client‑facing, SaaS, agency, consulting, or enterprise technology projects will be an advantage.
• Experience with UAE/GCC clients, bilingual AI systems, Arabic language workflows, or enterprise implementation environments is preferred but not mandatory.

Technical Knowledge & Skills

Required Technical Skills

• Experience with LLM APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Azure OpenAI, or similar platforms.
• Good understanding of prompt engineering, AI agents, tool‑calling, function calling, and conversational AI design.
• Experience with REST APIs, JSON, webhooks, backend services, and third‑party integrations.
• Familiarity with vector databases and embedding‑based search.
• Ability to work with SQL or NoSQL databases.
• Understanding of authentication, access control, API security, and secure data handling.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and well‑documented code.

Preferred Technical Exposure

• LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, or similar AI development frameworks.
• Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, Chroma, FAISS, Supabase, PostgreSQL, or similar data/vector storage tools.
• FastAPI, Flask, Node.js, Express, Next.js, or similar backend frameworks.
• Cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or similar environments.
• Docker, Git, CI/CD pipelines, logging, monitoring, and deployment workflows.
• WhatsApp Business API, CRM APIs, ERP systems, helpdesk platforms, and marketing automation tools.
• Arabic NLP, multilingual AI systems, or GCC‑specific business use cases.

Skills and Other Requirements

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving ability.
• Ability to convert business requirements into functional AI applications.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to building reliable systems.
• Good communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast‑moving agency environment.
• Curiosity and willingness to keep learning new AI tools, frameworks, and implementation methods.
• Fluency in English is required. Arabic language capability is an advantage.
• UAE/GCC market experience is preferred.

Additional Preferences

• Experience building AI automation solutions for industries such as real estate, healthcare, education, retail, hospitality, finance, insurance, or professional services.
• Experience with enterprise‑grade AI deployment, security requirements, data privacy, or governance.
• Experience working directly with business consultants, project managers, and client stakeholders.
• Portfolio of AI agents, chatbots, AI apps, automation workflows, or GitHub projects.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for an engineer who can build practical AI systems that solve real business problems. The right candidate should be able to think beyond experiments and prototypes and create solutions that clients can actually use in daily operations.

You should be comfortable working with incomplete business requirements, asking the right technical questions, testing outputs carefully, and improving systems through multiple iterations.

This role requires a technically capable, disciplined, and solution‑oriented developer who understands that AI automation must be accurate, reliable, secure, and commercially useful.

Location

UAE / GCC region preferred.

Candidates based in the UAE will be given preference. Remote or hybrid working arrangements may be considered for highly qualified candidates with strong technical experience and proven AI project delivery capability.

Job Category: AI Automation

Job Type: Full Time

Job Location: Dubai