AI Engineer

Klanik; Dammam; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consulting firm is seeking a Senior AI Engineer based in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. In this role, you'll design and deploy end-to-end AI solutions using advanced technologies. The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science and 6–8 years of hands-on experience in AI engineering. Key responsibilities include crafting AI use cases and guiding clients on best practices. The company fosters a creative and collaborative culture, ensuring a positive impact on the tech industry.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years of hands‑on experience in AI engineering, ML engineering, or software development.
• Practical experience with ML and GenAI solutions deployed into production environments.
• Familiarity with MLOps concepts like CI/CD and model governance.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy end‑to‑end AI solutions including agentic AI and predictive ML.
• Build AI agents using frameworks like LangGraph or CrewAI.
• Act as a technical expert, guiding clients on AI best practices.

Skills

Strong Python skills

Experience with LLMs

Excellent communication skills

Strong problem‑solving mindset

Ability to build scalable AI pipelines

Experience with REST APIs

Education

Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

We are looking for a Senior AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy advanced AI solutions. This role blends hands‑on engineering, modern AI development, and strong customer collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with customer teams to understand goals and shape high‑value AI use cases.
• Design and deploy end‑to‑end AI solutions including agentic AI, Generative AI, and predictive ML.
• Build AI agents using frameworks like LangGraph, CrewAI, or LlamaIndex.
• Act as a technical expert, guiding clients on AI best practices, MLOps, governance, and scaling.
• Communicate complex technical outcomes clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Strong Python skills using libraries such as pandas, NumPy, scikit‑learn, etc.
• Practical experience with LLMs, Generative AI workflows, and vector databases.
• Solid understanding of agentic AI development and lifecycle management.
• Experience designing predictive models for real business use cases.
• Ability to build scalable, high‑performance AI pipelines.

Application Development & Operations

• Experience building REST APIs using frameworks like FastAPI or Flask.
• Strong skills in containerization with Docker and deployment on Kubernetes.
• Understanding of secure coding practices, authentication, and secrets management.
• Ability to deploy ML and GenAI solutions into production environments.
• Comfortable leading technical discussions with customers in a consulting setup.

Customer & Problem‑Solving Skills

• Experience in client‑facing roles with excellent communication skills.
• Ability to present technical concepts to executives, business teams, and engineers.
• Strong problem‑solving mindset with the ability to manage complex challenges.
• Passion for exploring new technologies and improving AI solution quality.
• Ability to work across diverse industries and business needs.

Minimum Qualifications

• 6–8 years of hands‑on experience in AI engineering, ML engineering, or software development.
• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Statistics, Engineering, or similar.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud environments.
• Familiarity with MLOps concepts like CI/CD, monitoring, and model governance.
• Experience deploying AI or ML applications into production environments.

Years of Experience

6–8 years of hands‑on experience in AI engineering, ML engineering, or software development.

Languages

Excellent communication, verbal and written skills.

About KLANIK

Klanik is an IT consulting company providing solutions to some of the world’s largest industrial and services groups for 14 years. We support our clients with the creation and development of their new products and services around 4 main business lines:

• Information Technology and Systems (IT & IS)
• DevOps and Cloud
• Big Data and AI
• Cybersecurity

Klanik is a community of +500 passionate experts empowering clients in 6 countries throughout Europe, Middle East and the Americas. Our team is dedicated to offer our global clients project support while guaranteeing a consistent level of service alongside a commitment to excellence and strong core values.

We’re always looking for smart, talented, driven, down‑to‑earth, fun‑to‑work‑with people who want to make a positive and meaningful impact!

Being a “KLANIK”

That means being an out of the box thinker, a precursor who is keen to create, innovate and collaborate in an environment where you can enjoy being yourself and valued for your ideas. It’s being part of a community of experts that have a passion for and stay abreast of the latest technologies.

You feel like a technology pioneer, full of creative ideas, supported by a strong know how and expertise in the latest technologies? We believe you could be a good fit for our culture!

Our culture is our pride

At Klanik, we believe that we are stronger together than we are alone. Trust, ethics, respect and transparency are deeply fixed in our culture, alongside with the pride in a job well done.

Our community motto is that people give the best of them when they feel listened, respected and empowered to develop themselves. Therefore the better we treat our people, the bigger the success they will achieve. We apply those values on day to day basis among our teams, with our clients and even with our competitors.

Being part of the Klanik community means relying on each other’s, learning from each other’s and growing all together. Our community fosters creativity, innovation and development within our teams to tackle more and more complex challenges and deliver the best solutions to our clients.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting