AI/ML Scientist — End-to-End ML & MLOps for Critical Apps

IRISSTAR Technologies; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

IRISSTAR Technologies is seeking a Data / AI Scientist to join its AI Center of Excellence in Abu Dhabi. You will design, develop, and industrialize advanced AI/ML solutions for defense, civil aviation, and aerospace sectors.

You will translate operational needs into tailor-made algorithms, build end-to-end ML pipelines, and ensure successful Build & Run deployment while adhering to cybersecurity and data sovereignty standards.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years minimum in AI/ML engineering.
• Proven end-to-end ML deployment experience in production.
• Ability to design robust algorithms and data architectures for critical, real-time systems.
• Experience leading client-facing technical ideation sessions.
• Strong foundation in statistics, ML, and DL algorithms.
• Hands-on with RAG and MCP principles.
• Proficient in Python and AI/DL frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Knowledge of SQL with NoSQL exposure.
• MLOps experience (MLflow) and DevOps tools.
• Familiarity with data security/privacy in defense/critical infra.
• Hands-on Jira usage; Agile, CI/CD, DevOps tooling.

Responsibilities

• Ideate with stakeholders to identify operational needs and design AI solutions.
• Analyze data to select, develop, test, and validate ML models for use cases.
• Build end-to-end ML pipelines from data to production deployment and monitoring.
• Communicate model objectives, performance, and business value to teams and leadership.
• Share insights and breakthroughs to drive organizational growth.
• Prepare documentation ensuring cybersecurity and data sovereignty standards.

Skills

AI/ML engineering

End-to-end ML deployment

Algorithmic design

Client workshops

Statistics & ML/DL

RAG & MCP

Python & ML frameworks

SQL/NoSQL

MLOps & DevOps

Data security & sovereignty

Jira & Agile

Communication

Autonomy

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

GitLab

Docker

CI/CD

Jenkins

Artifactory

Sonar

Job description

IRISSTAR Technologies is seeking a Data / AI Scientist to join its AI Center of Excellence in Abu Dhabi. You will design, develop, and industrialize advanced AI/ML solutions for defense, civil aviation, and aerospace sectors.

You will translate operational needs into tailor-made algorithms, build end-to-end ML pipelines, and ensure successful Build & Run deployment while adhering to cybersecurity and data sovereignty standards.