Associate AI software Engineer

NEXUS BLUE PROJECT MANAGEMENT; Dubai; On-site; AED 44,640 - 66,960; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel allowance

Visa sponsorship

Insurance

Job summary

NEXUS BLUE PROJECT MANAGEMENT in Dubai seeks an AI Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate end-to-end AI pipelines for data, models, and monitoring.

The role involves tuning and deploying models, integrating various LLM APIs, and maintaining robust CI/CD and observability in a production environment. Strong Python skills and open-source model experience are required.

Qualifications

• Fine-tuning LLMs or vision models (LoRA or full fine-tuning) with data → train → evaluate → serve.
• Deployment to production on Linux/GPU servers with Docker, systemd/CI, and rollback discipline.
• Strong Python backend programming; basic HTML/JS/React for frontend as needed.
• Multi-provider LLM API integration (Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek) with robust error handling.
• Experience running/serving open-source models locally (LLaMA, Mistral, Qwen, Stable Diffusion/FLUX).
• Experience with SQL databases (Postgres or similar).
• Proficiency with AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Cline).
• Strong research mentality to stay current with AI tools and techniques.
• Strong problem-solving and production discipline.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain AI pipelines end‑to‑end for data, models, and monitoring.
• Integrate LLMs and generative models via multiple APIs and open-source options.
• Fine‑tune/adapt models and prepare datasets for training and serving.
• Deploy and operate services in production on Linux/GPU servers with CI/CD and monitoring.
• Build backend logic in Python and basic frontend components; work with databases.
• Leverage AI coding agents to accelerate feature shipping.
• Continuously research and adopt new AI tools and techniques.

Skills

Fine-tuning LLMs

MLOps / Deployment

Python backend

API integration (LLMs)

Open-source models

SQL databases

AI tooling & agents

Research mindset

Problem solving

Tools

Docker

CI/CD

Git

Linux/GPU servers

PostgreSQL

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain AI pipelines and automations end‑to‑end for data, model serving, and monitoring.
• Integrate and orchestrate LLMs and generative models via APIs (Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek, and others) as well as open‑source models.
• Fine‑tune / adapt models (LoRA and full fine‑tuning); perform dataset preparation, training, evaluation, and serving.
• Deploy and operate services in production on servers, GPUs, containers, CI/CD pipelines, with monitoring and safe rollbacks.
• Build backend logic (primarily Python), basic frontend components, and work with databases.
• Leverage AI coding agents (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Cline, and similar) to ship features quickly.
• Continuously research and adopt the newest AI tools, models, and techniques.

Requirements (must‑have)

• Fine‑tuning experience – hands‑on LoRA or full fine‑tuning of LLMs or vision/diffusion models (data → train → evaluate → serve). Mandatory.
• Deployment / MLOps experience – shipping to production on Linux/GPU servers (Docker, systemd/CI, git), with monitoring and rollback discipline. Mandatory.
• Strong programming skills (Python primary) with backend fundamentals, and basic frontend (HTML/JS, React or similar).
• Multi‑provider LLM API integration – Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek, etc. (API keys, structured JSON outputs, token/cost management, retries/error handling).
• Open‑source model knowledge – running/serving models locally (e.g., LLaMA, Mistral, Qwen, Stable Diffusion/FLUX), quantization/inference basics.
• Databases / SQL (Postgres or similar).
• Proficiency with AI coding agents – Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Cline, and other AI dev tools – used effectively for real engineering work.
• Strong research mentality – stays current with the daily, fast‑moving AI landscape and can independently evaluate and adopt new tools/models.
• Strong problem‑solving, attention to detail, and production discipline.

Nice‑to‑have (bonus)

• ComfyUI / diffusion workflows, RAG & vector databases, agent / tool‑use frameworks, prompt‑engineering depth, media/ffmpeg pipelines, cloud/GPU infrastructure, distributed‑systems patterns (queues, idempotency, checkpointing).

Working style (it matters for live production)

• Ownership & autonomy – takes a task, researches, plans, executes, and documents it end‑to‑end.
• Production rigor – verifies before calling anything "done," always backs up + has a rollback.
• Clear communicator – explains technical decisions in plain English to non‑engineers.
• Fast but careful – moves quickly without cutting corners on safety.

Location & Details

Business Bay, Dubai, UAE.

Job Type: Full‑time, On‑site (no remote option).

Working Hours: 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Monday to Saturday. Aligns with UK, Europe, and Americas time zones.

Salary: AED 4,000 – 6,000 per month + AED 350 travel allowance + Visa + Insurance.

Experience Required: 3–5 years.