Senior LLM Validation & Research Engineer

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank is seeking an LLM Research & Validation Specialist in Abu Dhabi to lead validation of large language models, multimodal systems, and retrieval-augmented setups, building validation toolchains and governance-ready evidence.

You will design evaluation harnesses, assess model behaviour, and communicate limitations to technical teams and governance forums. Strong Python, ML theory, and statistics are required, with banking domain interest a plus.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Theoretical Physics, Applied Physics, Mathematics, or related quantitative field is required; PhD strongly preferred.
• 1–3 years of AI research, ML, model validation or related field; exceptional profiles considered.
• Strong understanding of probability, statistics, linear algebra, optimisation and uncertainty quantification.
• Deep knowledge of transformers, LLMs, embeddings, RAG, alignment and AI safety failure modes.
• Advanced Python with PyTorch, Hugging Face, evaluation frameworks, SQL, Git and cloud AI platforms.
• Ability to reproduce methods from papers and convert findings into bank-grade validation evidence.

Responsibilities

• Lead independent validation of LLMs, multimodal, RAG and agentic AI use cases across design to monitoring.
• Assess transformer components such as tokenisation, embeddings, attention and context-window behaviour.
• Design reproducible evaluation harnesses, golden datasets and statistical acceptance criteria.
• Evaluate accuracy, hallucination, calibration, robustness and grounding; assess uncertainty.
• Perform deep testing for prompt injection, data leakage and tool-use safety.
• Build Python-based validation tooling, automated pipelines and experimentation tracking.
• Prepare validation reports and management briefings; communicate residual uncertainty clearly.
• Mentor junior validators and improve team methodology within Model Risk.

Skills

Python proficiency

Statistics knowledge

ML research

Adversarial testing

Model validation

Communication skills

Education

Master's degree in a quantitative field

PhD preferred

Tools

PyTorch

Hugging Face

SQL

Git

Experiment tracking

Cloud platforms

Job description

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank is seeking an LLM Research & Validation Specialist in Abu Dhabi to lead validation of large language models, multimodal systems, and retrieval-augmented setups, building validation toolchains and governance-ready evidence.

You will design evaluation harnesses, assess model behaviour, and communicate limitations to technical teams and governance forums. Strong Python, ML theory, and statistics are required, with banking domain interest a plus.