Senior Data Scientist - Fuel Optimization (Abu Dhabi)

Isa Cybersecurity Inc.; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 220,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Isa Cybersecurity Inc. in Abu Dhabi (on-site) seeks a hands-on Senior Data Scientist to develop production-ready predictive and optimization models for a complex aviation fuel-efficiency initiative. You will turn real-world data into deployed, monitored models, collaborating with data, engineering, and product teams.

You will query data with SQL/Pandas, build reproducible pipelines, validate models, and package outputs via APIs and containers for production use in a lakehouse environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on DS/ML deliverables beyond PoC.
• Solid understanding of DS/ML fundamentals.
• Strong Python-based data analysis with Pandas or Polars, plus SQL.
• Experience with gradient boosting, clustering, time-series, detection and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Translate operational questions into prediction, detection, segmentation, forecasting, and optimization tasks.
• Develop models using multiple operational factors for fuel-optimization decisions.
• Package models for production via containerized services and APIs.
• Work with engineering to integrate outputs into AI-agent workflows and cloud services.
• Establish validation, back-testing, and performance metrics; explain trade-offs clearly.

Skills

Python

SQL

Pandas/Polars

Gradient boosting

Time-series

Clustering

Forecasting

Model deployment

MLOps

Communication

Tools

Docker

APIs

Cloud services

Linux

Job description

Isa Cybersecurity Inc. in Abu Dhabi (on-site) seeks a hands-on Senior Data Scientist to develop production-ready predictive and optimization models for a complex aviation fuel-efficiency initiative. You will turn real-world data into deployed, monitored models, collaborating with data, engineering, and product teams.

You will query data with SQL/Pandas, build reproducible pipelines, validate models, and package outputs via APIs and containers for production use in a lakehouse environment.