Senior AI Engineer — FinTech AI Platform (Dubai)

Twelve Data; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office in Dubai relocation support

Medical insurance

Paid sick leave

Annual flight home

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Twelve Data is launching a Dubai hub and seeks a Lead AI Engineer to drive the company's AI initiatives. You will work on high‑load architectures, build AI agents, and integrate AI into products that scale across markets.

You will guide AI practices from scratch, with a nearby team providing backing and fast iteration. You will own features end-to-end, write tests and documentation, and ensure reliability while shipping quickly.

Qualifications

• 5+ years senior level experience in software/AI engineering.
• Proficient in Go and Python.
• Deep PostgreSQL knowledge including schema design and optimization.
• Experience with high-load systems and big data pipelines.
• Proficient with Docker, Redis, Kafka, gRPC, and REST.
• Hands-on GitLab CI/CD and trunk-based development.
• Understanding of microservice architecture and distributed systems.
• Able to analyze unfamiliar code and assess architectural risks.
• Familiar with AI tools (Claude, Cursor) and building custom AI agents.
• Strong prompt engineering and context management.
• Attention to data integrity and transactional accuracy.
• Ability to review extensive technical documentation for discrepancies.

Responsibilities

• Develop with AI tools: code, tests, docs, migrations, and prototypes paired with AI.
• Own features from idea to production, identify edge cases, verify AI results.
• Lead AI practice initiatives, research and implement tools and agents.
• Publish data and integrations so AI agents can access Twelve Data offerings.
• Work on high-load architecture, microservices, and observability to handle hundreds of millions of requests.

Skills

Senior level (5+ years)

Go

Python

PostgreSQL

High-load systems

Docker

Redis

Kafka

gRPC

REST

GitLab CI/CD

Trunk-based development

Microservices

Distributed systems

APIs

AI tools (Claude, Cursor)

Custom AI agents

Prompt engineering

Data integrity

Technical documentation review

Tools

Docker

Redis

Kafka

gRPC

REST

PostgreSQL

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

ClickHouse

Cassandra

ScyllaDB

TimescaleDB

pgvector

Qdrant

Weaviate

Kubernetes

Job description

Twelve Data is launching a Dubai hub and seeks a Lead AI Engineer to drive the company's AI initiatives. You will work on high‑load architectures, build AI agents, and integrate AI into products that scale across markets.

You will guide AI practices from scratch, with a nearby team providing backing and fast iteration. You will own features end-to-end, write tests and documentation, and ensure reliability while shipping quickly.