Senior AI Software Engineer

Salt Digital Recruitment; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 360,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt is seeking a senior AI software engineer to join a leading organisation in the UAE, focusing on building scalable, secure full-stack AI products with modern frameworks.

You'll collaborate with UI/UX, backend, data teams and Data Scientists to deliver robust APIs, cloud-native services on Azure or comparable platforms, and maintain high-quality, production-ready code.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, preferably working on AI products.
• Strong expertise in full-stack development, including both backend and frontend development.
• Experience with modern technologies such as Python, Rust, Golang, React and Angular.
• Strong experience designing and integrating secure, production-grade APIs, including API versioning, observability, monitoring, tracing, logging and modern authentication mechanisms.
• Hands-on experience with containerisation and orchestration, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with AI/ML, GenAI and agentic frameworks, such as LangGraph and Microsoft Agent Framework, is a bonus.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, version control and deployment automation.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop robust full-stack applications and APIs using modern interfaces and event-driven frameworks.
• Build reusable components and libraries using modern frameworks.
• Build cloud-native applications leveraging Microsoft Azure or other major cloud services.
• Optimise application frontends and backends for usability, performance, scalability and security.
• Implement data protection measures, authentication protocols and security best practices.
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers, backend engineers and product managers to refine features.
• Work with Data Scientists and Data Engineers to improve data quality and insights.
• Write unit, integration and end-to-end tests to maintain code quality and reliability.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, tools and best practices.

Skills

Full-stack development

Python

Rust

Golang

React

Angular

APIs design

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

AI/ML

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

6-month initial contract - with extensions.

RELOCATE TO THE UAE.

We're looking for experienced Senior AI Software Engineers to join a leading organisation, developing and optimising AI products and delivering seamless, engaging user experiences. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams, including UI/UX designers, backend engineers, product and data teams, to build scalable, secure and high-performing AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop robust full-stack applications and APIs using modern interfaces and event-driven frameworks.
• Build reusable components and libraries using modern frameworks.
• Build cloud-native applications leveraging Microsoft Azure or other major cloud services.
• Optimise application frontends and backends for usability, performance, scalability and security.
• Implement data protection measures, authentication protocols and security best practices.
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers, backend engineers and product managers to refine features.
• Work with Data Scientists and Data Engineers to improve data quality and insights.
• Write unit, integration and end-to-end tests to maintain code quality and reliability.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, tools and best practices.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, preferably working on AI products.
• Strong expertise in full-stack development, including both backend and frontend development.
• Experience with modern technologies such as Python, Rust, Golang, React and Angular.
• Strong experience designing and integrating secure, production-grade APIs, including API versioning, observability, monitoring, tracing, logging and modern authentication mechanisms.
• Hands-on experience with containerisation and orchestration, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with AI/ML, GenAI and agentic frameworks, such as LangGraph and Microsoft Agent Framework, is a bonus.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, version control and deployment automation.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.

The Opportunity This is an opportunity to work on AI products within a major banking environment, combining full-stack engineering, cloud-native development, secure API design and emerging AI technologies. If you're a senior engineer who enjoys building scalable, production-grade applications and working across modern AI and software engineering technologies, we'd love to hear from you.

Salt is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.