Junior AI Software Engineer

Client of Salt; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of Salt is seeking a Junior AI Software Engineer to join their growing engineering team and build AI-powered products and applications. This is an ideal opportunity for software engineers with 2-4 years experience who have started working with Generative AI LLMs or AI applications and want to develop their career further in AI.

You will work on APIs, backend and full-stack development, and integrate LLMs, with Azure as the primary cloud, using modern practices like Docker, CI/CD, and

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of commercial software engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field.
• Strong programming skills in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript or Java.
• Experience with APIs, backend development and modern software engineering practices.
• Exposure to cloud platforms, Docker and CI/CD.
• Genuine interest in Generative AI and AI application development.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain AI-powered applications
• APIs and services
• Develop scalable backend and full-stack software
• Integrate LLMs
• AI APIs and third-party services
• Contribute to RAG
• AI agents and agentic workflows
• Work with cloud technologies
• primarily Azure
• Use modern engineering practices including Docker
• Git testing and CI CD
• Collaborate with senior engineers
• AI specialists and product teams

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Java

APIs

Backend development

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering or related field

Tools

Docker

Azure

CI/CD

Job description

About the Role

Our client is looking for Junior AI Software Engineers to join their growing engineering team and build AI-powered products and applications This is an ideal opportunity for software engineers with 2-4 years experience who have started working with Generative AI LLMs or AI applications and want to develop their career further in AI

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain AI-powered applications
• APIs and services
• Develop scalable backend and full-stack software
• Integrate LLMs
• AI APIs and third-party services
• Contribute to RAG
• AI agents and agentic workflows
• Work with cloud technologies
• primarily Azure
• Use modern engineering practices including Docker
• Git testing and CI CD
• Collaborate with senior engineers
• AI specialists and product teams

Requirements

• 2-4 years commercial software engineering experience.
• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field.
• Strong programming skills in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript or Java.
• Experience with APIs, backend development and modern software engineering practices.
• Exposure to cloud platforms, Docker and CI/CD.
• Genuine interest in Generative AI and AI application development.

Desirable

• Experience with LangGraph, LangChain, Microsoft Agent Framework or Semantic Kernel
• RAG, LLM or AI agent development
• React / TypeScript
• Kubernetes
• Azure AI services

The ideal candidate is a strong software engineer with some hands-on AI exposure who wants to build a career in AI engineering.