senior AI Engineer

EPAM Systems; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

End of service gratuity

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Employee assistance program

Wellness program

Annual expatriate travel

Job summary

EPAM Systems in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Senior AI Engineer to join in a hybrid setup to develop agentic platforms for the Oil & Gas sector. The role focuses on automating decision making and optimizing operations for client environments.

You will build scalable ML pipelines, integrate AI with cloud platforms, mentor junior engineers, ensure data quality, and contribute to best practices for production-grade AI systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related fields.
• Strong hands-on AI engineering experience with core coding activities.
• Experience building high-performance, distributed ML pipelines.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Solid understanding of data engineering concepts and relational databases.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git, and modern DevOps practices for AI solutions.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and client-facing collaboration skills.
• Knowledge of agentic systems and their application in industrial settings.
• Familiarity with Oil & Gas industry data and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable AI-driven agentic platforms for Oil & Gas applications.
• Build, optimize, and maintain robust machine learning pipelines and models.
• Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Implement data quality, reliability, and performance improvements across large, complex datasets.
• Integrate AI solutions with existing enterprise systems and cloud platforms.
• Lead technical discussions and mentor junior engineers within the team.
• Contribute to best practices, coding standards, and technical documentation.
• Troubleshoot, optimize, and refactor existing AI pipelines for performance and scalability.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and client requirements.
• Drive innovation by exploring new AI technologies and methodologies.

Skills

AI engineering

Distributed ML pipelines

Cloud platforms

DevOps practices

Data engineering basics

Client-facing

Oil & Gas domain knowledge

Education

CS/Engineering degree

Job description

Job Description:

We're looking for a Senior AI Engineer to join our team in United Arab Emirates in a hybrid working mode. As a Senior AI Engineer, you will play a critical role in developing an agentic platform tailored for the Oil & Gas sector. Your work will directly impact business outcomes by enabling advanced automation, intelligent decision-making, and operational efficiency for our clients in the industry. This is an opportunity to contribute to innovative solutions that drive digital transformation and add measurable value to client operations.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable AI-driven agentic platforms for Oil & Gas applications
• Build, optimize, and maintain robust machine learning pipelines and models
• Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Implement data quality, reliability, and performance improvements across large, complex datasets
• Integrate AI solutions with existing enterprise systems and cloud platforms
• Lead technical discussions and mentor junior engineers within the team
• Contribute to best practices, coding standards, and technical documentation
• Troubleshoot, optimize, and refactor existing AI pipelines for performance and scalability
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and client requirements
• Drive innovation by exploring new AI technologies and methodologies

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related fields, or relevant work experience
• Strong experience in AI engineering, with recent hands-on coding as a core part of your daily role
• Expertise in building high-performance, distributed machine learning pipelines
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Solid understanding of data engineering concepts and relational databases
• Experience with CI/CD, Git, and modern DevOps practices for AI solutions
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and client-facing collaboration skills
• Knowledge of agentic systems and their application in industrial settings
• Familiarity with Oil & Gas industry data and workflows

Nice to have

• Exposure to reinforcement learning or advanced agentic architectures
• Experience with Databricks, PySpark, or similar big data technologies
• Understanding of operational technology (OT) integration in Oil & Gas
• Certification in cloud or AI technologies
• Experience with data science workflows and analytics platforms

We offer

• End of service gratuity
• Private healthcare and life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Wellness program
• Annual air travel allowance for expatriates
• Regular performance feedback and salary reviews
• Global travel medical and accident insurance
• Referral bonuses
• Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses