Applied AI Engineer - Production LLM Solutions in UAE

Ppt Consulting; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Sia seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with client teams in the Middle East, delivering production-grade AI solutions and bridging engineering with business stakeholders. You’ll own end-to-end delivery from RAG pipelines to enterprise integrations and agent-based workflows with a hands-on, multi-disciplinary approach.

Based in the UAE (Dubai or Abu Dhabi), you will work across governance-bound environments, contributing to internal accelerators and knowledge sharing while improving

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI or a related field.
• 2 to 6 years' experience in software engineering or applied AI engineering.
• Strong production experience in Python or TypeScript.
• LLMs and agents running in production, not only prototypes.
• Experience building RAG pipelines, tool-calling agents and LLM workflows, with evaluation and safeguards.
• Hands-on experience with applied AI frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, the OpenAI SDK and the Anthropic SDK.
• Experience building beyond low-code, including API design and integration across heterogeneous systems.
• Experience deploying solutions on a major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud), with Git and CI/CD.
• Experience working in governed enterprise environments (approved libraries and services, data access controls, security reviews).
• Ability to translate client needs into deployable solutions and to explain technical decisions to non-technical audiences.
• No certification required
• Professional proficiency in English is a must; Arabic is a plus
• Based in the UAE (Dubai or Abu Dhabi)

Responsibilities

• Translate client business needs into scoped, deployable AI solutions with clear acceptance criteria and measurable outcomes.
• Design, build and deploy production-grade LLM systems, including RAG pipelines, tool-calling agents, workflow automation and conversational interfaces.
• Develop Python or TypeScript services, APIs, connectors and integrations with client data sources and business tools.
• Apply engineering best practice: code review, automated testing, CI/CD, logging and monitoring, and track quality, latency and cost of AI components.
• Deliver within governed enterprise environments, using approved libraries and services and respecting data access controls and security reviews.
• Communicate trade-offs, progress and risks to client stakeholders, and elevate scope changes early.
• Drive adoption through training, documentation and knowledge transfer so clients can run the solution themselves.
• Support business development by helping define client needs and shape technical solutions for the pipeline.
• Contribute to Sia's internal accelerators, research and training materials on generative AI and agents.
• Carry out other appropriate delegated duties as required

Skills

Python

TypeScript

English proficiency

Communication

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

CI/CD

AWS

LangChain

OpenAI SDK

Job description

Sia seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with client teams in the Middle East, delivering production-grade AI solutions and bridging engineering with business stakeholders. You’ll own end-to-end delivery from RAG pipelines to enterprise integrations and agent-based workflows with a hands-on, multi-disciplinary approach.

Based in the UAE (Dubai or Abu Dhabi), you will work across governance-bound environments, contributing to internal accelerators and knowledge sharing while improving