AI Product Engineer

Edison Smart®; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 536,000 - 670,000; Full time

Job summary

Edison Smart is seeking a contract AI Product Engineer in Dubai to embed AI-native capabilities into the customer experience. The role is 12 months, hybrid, with the chance to extend or convert based on roadmap and performance.

You will own AI-driven features from concept through to live release, collaborating closely with PMs and designers in a product pod. Ideal candidates ship AI/LLM-enabled functionality in live products, can work across the frontend and backend, and have experience in

Qualifications

• Experience shipping AI or LLM-powered functionality in a live product.
• Solid full-stack background between frontend, backend and integration layers.
• Familiarity with fintech or regulated data environments is a plus.
• Collaborative, pod-based working style with PMs and designers.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship AI-driven features directly within the platform from concept to live release.
• Partner with product managers and designers to translate financial use cases into AI functionality.
• Integrate model outputs into product flows with trust and explainability considerations.
• Contribute across stack, from API integration to user-facing interfaces.
• Make build vs. buy decisions with pragmatic judgement for the 12-month engagement.

Skills

AI/LLM features

Full-stack development

Product collaboration

Contract work

Regulated fintech

Job description

A fast-scaling, product-led fintech platform is bringing in a contract AI Product Engineer to join their core product squad and build AI-native capability directly into the customer experience - think smart categorization, conversational support, risk/fraud signals surfaced in-product, or personalized financial insights. This is a builder role embedded in a product pod, not a research or back-office data science seat.

Engagement: 12-Month Initial Contract (scope for extension/conversion)

Location: Dubai, UAE (hybrid)

You'll be joining at a stage where the roadmap for AI-driven features is being defined, giving you real influence over what gets built and how it's shaped for users.

What You'll Own

• Build and ship AI-driven features directly within the platform's product experience, working from concept through to live release
• Partner daily with product managers and designers to translate financial use cases into working, user-facing AI functionality
• Integrate model outputs into real product flows, with attention to trust, explainability, and graceful handling of edge cases in a regulated financial context
• Contribute across the stack where needed, from API-level integration work through to the interfaces users actually touch
• Bring pragmatic judgement on build vs. integrate decisions (in-house model logic vs. third-party AI/LLM providers)

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrable experience shipping AI or LLM-powered functionality as part of a live product, not solely internal tooling or POC work
• Solid full-stack or product-engineering background - comfortable moving between frontend, backend, and integration layers
• Exposure to fintech, payments, or another regulated/data-sensitive product environment is a strong plus, though not mandatory
• A collaborative style suited to working inside a product pod alongside PMs and designers, rather than a siloed specialist team
• Comfortable operating on a contract basis with clear deliverables and milestones across a 12-month engagement
• Initial term: 12 months, engaged directly or via EOR/umbrella structure
• Based in Dubai, UAE
• Genuine potential for extension or conversion based on roadmap and performance

This is a hands-on build seat for someone who wants to see AI-driven features they've shipped used by real customers within a live financial product, not a platform team serving other teams' AI needs.