Principal AI Engineer — Lead AI-Native Transformation (Doha)

TechTree; Doha; Hybrid; QAR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

TechTree, on behalf of a global insurer, is seeking a Staff/Principal Engineer to lead the AI-native engineering transformation. This hybrid role is based in Doha and requires hands-on leadership across design, development, testing and operations.

You will embed AI-assisted engineering into delivery teams, mentor engineers, and shape technical direction for a major business domain while aligning solutions with customer journeys and business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Deep, current hands-on software engineering and solution architecture.
• Real applied experience with AI-assisted / agentic development — not just commentary.
• Product engineering mindset tied to customer journeys and business outcomes.
• Proven ability to mentor and lift other engineers.
• Insurance, banking, payments or high‑scale digital product background is a plus — insurance is not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture for complex, business-critical enterprise systems.
• Embed agentic and AI-assisted engineering into real delivery teams.
• Apply AI to legacy understanding, test automation and engineering workflows.
• Coach engineers hands-on and influence standards without formal authority.
• At Principal level, own the technical direction of a major business domain.

Skills

Hands-on software engineering

Solution architecture

AI-assisted development

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

TechTree, on behalf of a global insurer, is seeking a Staff/Principal Engineer to lead the AI-native engineering transformation. This hybrid role is based in Doha and requires hands-on leadership across design, development, testing and operations.

You will embed AI-assisted engineering into delivery teams, mentor engineers, and shape technical direction for a major business domain while aligning solutions with customer journeys and business outcomes.