Data & AI Expert (UAE National)

Confidential; Abu Dhabi; Sur place; AED 350 000 - 700 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Confidential, an Abu Dhabi Government Entity, seeks a Data & AI Expert to lead hands-on AI and data initiatives and to personally design, build and deploy complex AI solutions. The role combines deep technical expertise with architecture leadership, mentoring, and governance across data platforms and GenAI programs.

You will set technical direction, drive enterprise data architectures, and oversee AI/ML deployments, ensuring security, privacy and responsible AI practices while collaborating with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science or related discipline.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in Data Engineering, Data Science or AI.
• 3+ years leading technical teams or major programmes while contributing technically.
• Production AI/Data code experience in the last 12 months.
• Strong Python and SQL expertise.
• Experience delivering enterprise data platforms and AI/GenAI in production.
• Expert-level cloud experience (Azure/AWS/GCP/OCI).
• Knowledge of MLOps, data governance, data quality, lineage and cataloguing.
• Security, privacy and responsible AI understanding.
• Full professional proficiency in Arabic and English.

Responsabilités

• Lead and personally deliver complex AI and Data initiatives, including enterprise data platforms and GenAI applications.
• Write and review production-grade code, primarily using Python and SQL.
• Design and evolve enterprise data, AI/ML, MLOps and GenAI architectures.
• Develop and deploy modern AI/ML and LLM solutions, including RAG and fine-tuning.
• Establish engineering standards for code quality, testing, security, and model evaluation.
• Lead technical evaluations, build-vs-buy analyses and vendor due diligence.
• Develop the AI & Data roadmap aligned with Abu Dhabi Government priorities.
• Mentor and coach Data, AI and Analytics teams.
• Lead AI and Data governance, quality, security and responsible AI practices.

Connaissances

Python

SQL

Data Engineering

Data Science

AI

MLOps

GenAI

LLM

Data governance

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Arabic & English

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science

Master's or PhD preferred

Outils

Azure

AWS

GCP

OCI

Description du poste

A confidential Abu Dhabi Government Entity is looking for a highly experienced Data & AI Expert.

About the Role

This is a hands-on technical leadership role for an experienced AI and Data practitioner who will personally design, build and deploy complex AI and data solutions.

The successful candidate will combine deep technical expertise with the ability to set architecture and technical direction, mentor teams, and translate strategic priorities into practical AI and Data solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and personally deliver complex AI and Data initiatives, including enterprise data platforms, predictive analytics, GenAI applications and program-level intelligence systems.
• Write and review production-grade code, primarily using Python and SQL.
• Design and evolve enterprise data, AI/ML, MLOps and GenAI architectures.
• Develop and deploy modern AI/ML and LLM solutions, including RAG, fine-tuning, evaluation and AI agents.
• Establish engineering standards covering code quality, testing, security, model evaluation and responsible AI.
• Lead technical evaluations, build-vs-buy assessments and vendor due diligence.
• Develop the AI & Data roadmap aligned with organisational and Abu Dhabi Government priorities.
• Mentor and technically coach Data, AI and Analytics teams.
• Lead AI and Data governance, data quality, security and responsible AI practices.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science or a related discipline. Master's or PhD preferred.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in Data Engineering, Data Science or AI.
• At least 3 years leading technical teams or major programmes while continuing to contribute technically.
• Demonstrable experience writing production AI/Data code within the last 12 months.
• Strong expertise in Python and SQL.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise data platforms, AI/ML and GenAI solutions into production.
• Expert-level experience with at least one major cloud platform: Azure, AWS, GCP or OCI.
• Strong knowledge of MLOps/DataOps, including model deployment, monitoring and CI/CD.
• Practical experience with data governance, data quality, lineage and cataloguing.
• Strong understanding of data security, privacy and responsible AI.
• Full professional proficiency in Arabic and English is required.

Desirable

• Experience within construction, infrastructure, real estate development, consulting, contracting or government infrastructure is highly valued, particularly exposure to project, cost, contract, claims, scheduling and BIM data.

• Experience with Primavera P6, BIM, document control, cost forecasting or infrastructure programme data would be an advantage.