Senior Data Scientist

Envision Employment Solutions; Dubai; On-site; AED 275,000 - 368,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm based in Dubai is seeking a Senior Data Scientist with 4 to 6 years of experience to join their team. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Science, AI, or Computer Science, and have a strong background in production-grade machine learning and natural language processing projects. Responsibilities include leading teams, ensuring project quality, and fostering team development in a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• 4 to 6 years of experience is required.
• Strong record of leading small data science teams or research initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead small teams or workstreams.
• Ensure project quality, deadlines, and alignment with business KPIs.
• Coach mid-level team members and contribute to talent development.

Skills

Production-grade ML/NLP projects

Model architecture design

Feature stores

Model monitoring

Ensemble blending

A/B testing

Model explainability (SHAP, LIME)

Transformer-based models

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

Embedding-based semantic search

Vector databases (Pinecone, FAISS, Chroma)

LangChain or LlamaIndex

Prompt templates evaluation

Data pipelines (Airflow, Spark, Dataiku)

Scalable APIs deployment

CI/CD management

Monitoring and drift detection

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, AI, or Computer Science

Job description

Envision Employment Solutions is currently looking for a Senior Data Scientist for one of our partners, a global leader in the IT Services and IT Consulting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, AI, or Computer Science.
• 4 to 6 years of experience is required.
• Strong record of production-grade ML/NLP projects.
• Experience leading small data science teams or research initiatives.

Technical Requirements

• Deep expertise in model architecture design, feature stores, and model monitoring.
• Experience in ensemble blending, A/B testing, and model explainability (SHAP, LIME).
• Builds and fine-tunes transformer-based models for custom tasks (summarization, Q&A, document intelligence).
• Implements RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and embedding-based semantic search.
• Integrates vector databases (Pinecone, FAISS, Chroma).
• Uses LangChain or LlamaIndex for orchestration.
• Evaluates and optimizes prompt templates and context length efficiency.
• Designs data pipelines (Airflow, Spark, Dataiku).
• Deploys scalable APIs, manages CI/CD, monitoring, and drift detection.
• Works closely with product and engineering teams to embed AI in production systems.

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Leads small teams or workstreams.
• Ensures project quality, deadlines, and alignment with business KPIs.
• Coaches mid-level team members and contributes to talent development.