Principal AI & Data Innovation Architect

Client of Discovered MENA; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of Discovered MENA seeks a Senior Tech Lead with deep AI data systems expertise to drive strategic R&D and product innovation across the MENA region. You will prototype breakthrough ideas, translate concepts into production systems, and set the technical direction as the company scales.

You are an active coder who mentors teams, owns architectural roadmaps, and collaborates with product, data science, and leadership to ship high-impact AI-enabled solutions at scale.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience with a track record leading AI or data-intensive products.
• Hands-on coder who prototypes daily and scales systems.
• Experience across data infrastructure to production ML deployments.
• Ability to translate cutting-edge AI research into working software.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex AI projects at top-tier tech organizations.
• Active individual contributor coding daily prototypes.
• Shape architectural roadmap and drive R&D from 0 to 1.
• Collaborate with product, design, and leadership to align innovation with strategy.

Skills

Python

Distributed data systems

Spark

Kafka

Snowflake

Databricks

PyTorch

TensorFlow

AI research

Leadership

Tools

Spark

Kafka

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

Client of Discovered MENA seeks a Senior Tech Lead with deep AI data systems expertise to drive strategic R&D and product innovation across the MENA region. You will prototype breakthrough ideas, translate concepts into production systems, and set the technical direction as the company scales.

You are an active coder who mentors teams, owns architectural roadmaps, and collaborates with product, data science, and leadership to ship high-impact AI-enabled solutions at scale.