Principal AI Engineer – 8+ Years | Abu Dhabi, UAE

Uasmart; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Uasmart seeks a Principal AI Engineer in Abu Dhabi, UAE to architect and deliver next-generation AI systems at scale. The role emphasizes Generative AI, LLMs, and production AI platforms in a senior technical leadership capacity.

You will drive architecture decisions, build scalable AI infrastructure, and contribute to production-grade AI solutions, working across AI inference, serving platforms, and distributed backend engineering. Strong Python skills and cloud tech experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of senior AI/engineering experience.
• Strong Generative AI expertise and LLM knowledge.
• Experience with RAG, Agentic AI and AI infrastructure.
• Proficient in Python and backend systems.
• Experience with distributed architectures and enterprise platforms.
• Leadership in architecture and platform decisions.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver next-generation AI systems at scale.
• Drive architecture decisions for AI platforms.
• Build scalable AI infrastructure and platforms.
• Contribute to production-grade AI solutions.
• Work with AI inference and serving platforms.
• Develop distributed systems and backend solutions.
• Support event-driven architectures and enterprise platforms.
• Work with AI evaluation and observability for production AI systems.

Skills

Leadership

Distributed systems

Backend engineering

Generative AI expertise

AI architecture

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Kafka

Job description

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

Job Category:

• Information Technology (IT) & Software
• Engineering & Technical
• Science & Research

Job Overview

An opportunity is available for an experienced Principal AI Engineer in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The role focuses on architecting and delivering next-generation AI systems at scale, with strong emphasis on Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Agentic AI, AI infrastructure, and production AI systems.

The position is suited to senior technical professionals with 8+ years of experience and strong expertise in distributed systems, backend engineering, cloud technologies, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, event-driven architectures, and enterprise platforms. The role involves driving architecture decisions and contributing to scalable, production-grade AI solutions.

This is a senior technical leadership opportunity for professionals working across AI architecture, infrastructure, evaluation, observability, and large-scale production AI systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver next-generation AI systems at scale.
• Drive technical architecture decisions for AI platforms and solutions.
• Build scalable AI infrastructure and platforms.
• Contribute to production-grade AI solutions.
• Work with AI inference and serving platforms.
• Develop and work with distributed systems and backend engineering solutions.
• Support event-driven architectures and enterprise platforms.
• Work with AI evaluation and observability for production AI systems.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Experience: 8+ years.
• Strong expertise in Generative AI.
• Experience with LLMs, RAG, and Agentic AI.
• Knowledge of AI infrastructure, inference, and serving platforms.
• Strong Python skills.
• Experience with distributed systems and backend engineering.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience with Terraform and cloud technologies.
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures and Kafka.
• Experience with enterprise platforms.
• Knowledge of AI evaluation and observability.
• Experience with production AI systems.Strong technical leadership and architecture capabilities.

Salary, Benefits & Career Growth

Salary: Not specified in the source.

Benefits, training, certifications, and other compensation details were not provided.

The role offers a senior technical leadership opportunity focused on AI architecture, scalable platforms, and production-grade AI systems.