Senior AI Engineer

Virtusa Middle East FZ-LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa Middle East FZ-LLC is seeking an experienced engineer to design, develop, and optimize AI-focused products. You will build robust full-stack applications and secure APIs, collaborating with data scientists and product teams to deliver scalable solutions.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in product development, strong backend/frontend skills, and hands-on with Docker/Kubernetes. Experience with Python, Rust, Golang and modern JS frameworks is highly valued.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product development, preferably AI products.
• Strong expertise in full-stack development (backend and/or frontend).
• Experience with Python, Rust, Golang, and modern JS frameworks (React/Angular/Vue).
• Design and integration of secure, production-grade APIs with versioning and observability.
• Hands-on containerization/orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes.
• AI/ML, GenAI experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, version control, and deployment automation.

Responsibilities

• Develop robust full-stack applications and APIs using modern interfaces and event-driven backends.
• Build reusable components and libraries with modern frameworks.
• Create cloud-native apps on Azure or other major cloud services.
• Optimize frontend and backend for usability, performance, scalability, and security.
• Implement data protection and secure authentication mechanisms.
• Collaborate with UI/UX, backend engineers, and product managers to refine features.
• Work with Data Scientists to improve data quality and insights.
• Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure code quality.
• Stay updated with industry trends, tools, and best practices.

Skills

Full-stack development

Python

Rust

Golang

React

Angular

Vue.js

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools

Job description

Designs develops and optimizes AI Products for the Bank collaboratingwith cross-functional teams to deliver seamless and engaging user experiences

Key Responsibilities

• Develop robust full-stack applications and APIs using modern interfaces andevent-drive and api-first backend services
• Build reusable components and libraries using modern frameworks
• Build cloud-native applications leveraging Microsoft Azure or other majorcloud services
• Optimize application frontend and backend for usability performance scalability and security
• Implement data protection measures authentication protocols and securitybest practices
• Collaborate with UI UX designers backend engineers and productmanagers on refining features
• Collaborate with Data Scientist and Data Engineers to improve the DataQuality and Insights
• Write unit integration and end-to-end tests to maintain code quality andreliability
• Stay updated with industry trends tools and best practices

Experience Requirements

5+ years of experience in Product development, preferrable AI Products

Strong expertise in full-stack on Backend and/or Frontend development

Experience with modern technologies like Python, Rust Golang,React, Angular, Vue.js, or similar

Skilled in designing and integrating secure, production-grade APIs, includingAPI versioning, observability (monitoring, tracing, logging and implementingmodern authentication mechanism

Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker,Kubernetes)

AI/ ML, GenAI, and agentic frameworks (LangGraph, Microsoft AgentFramework, etc.) experience a bonus

Familiarity with CI/CD, version control, and deployment automation

Educational qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science,Engineering, or related field required

Work Experience

7-10Years