Lead Data Scientist, AI Lab - Production ML & GenAI

Client of Salt; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of Salt is recruiting a Lead Data Scientist to join a newly established AI Lab inside a leading banking organisation. This is a hands-on role taking AI and ML solutions from concept through to production by writing production-ready Python code and working across the engineering stack.

You will mentor data scientists, contribute to technical direction, and evaluate emerging AI technologies to create tangible value for the bank.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, AI engineering or a related technical field.
• Strong hands‑on Python development skills and excellent SQL.
• Proven track record of taking machine learning / AI models into production.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design development and deployment of advanced AI and machine learning solutions across banking use cases.
• Own the full lifecycle from problem definition data preparation and modelling through to deployment monitoring and optimisation.
• Develop production-grade solutions using Python SQL and modern ML AI frameworks.
• Build and productionise GenAI LLM RAG NLP and agentic AI solutions where relevant.
• Work closely with Data Engineers Software Engineers and Product teams to take AI solutions into production.
• Develop robust ML pipelines APIs model-serving components and MLOps processes.
• Establish best practices around model deployment testing monitoring reproducibility and responsible AI.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and identify opportunities to create tangible value for the bank.
• Mentor Data Scientists and contribute to the technical direction of the new AI Lab.

Skills

Python

SQL

MLOps

APIs

CI/CD

Git

Containerization

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/AI/Math

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Hugging Face

LLMs

Vector databases

Containerization

Job description

Client of Salt is recruiting a Lead Data Scientist to join a newly established AI Lab inside a leading banking organisation. This is a hands-on role taking AI and ML solutions from concept through to production by writing production-ready Python code and working across the engineering stack.

You will mentor data scientists, contribute to technical direction, and evaluate emerging AI technologies to create tangible value for the bank.