Senior Data Scientist - AI Systems & Production ML Lead

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

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.