Data and AI Solutions Consultant

Lithe Consulting Ltd; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Saudi Arabia seeks an experienced professional in Data & AI for a hybrid Presales and Delivery role. The candidate will engage with clients to design and implement innovative data solutions, including Generative AI and Machine Learning. Ideal candidates have 7–12 years of experience, strong Python and SQL skills, and a proven track record in delivering end-to-end AI projects. Competitive salary offered, with options for both permanent and contract work.

Qualifications

• 7–12 years of experience in Data and AI solutioning and delivery.
• Strong experience in Python and SQL with exposure to machine learning.
• Proven ability to design and deliver data architectures.

Responsibilities

• Engage with clients to identify AI and data opportunities.
• Design end-to-end architectures and prepare proposals.
• Lead and support RFP responses and project delivery.

Skills

Data and AI solutioning

Machine Learning

Python

SQL

Cloud data platforms

Generative AI applications

Strong communication skills

Job description

Data & AI role Base salary : 25-30k SAR / month

Role Overview

This hybrid Presales and Delivery role focuses on designing and implementing Data and AI solutions, including Generative AI, Machine Learning, and Data Platform modernizations. The candidate will work closely with clients to identify AI and data opportunities, design end-to-end architectures, prepare proposals, and ensure successful delivery from concept to deployment.

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Key Responsibilities

• Engage with clients to understand business challenges and translate them into actionable AI, Gen AI, and data platform use cases.
• Design and present solution architectures, data blueprints, and AI system designs covering data ingestion, processing, storage, and analytics layers.
• Prepare technical proposals, scopes of work, effort estimates, and cost sheets for RFPs and client engagements.
• Lead and support RFP responses, demos, and proofs of concept (PoCs) in AI, Gen AI, and data analytics.
• Oversee project delivery from discovery and architecture design to implementation, testing, deployment, and handover.
• Collaborate with data engineers, cloud architects, and ML engineers to ensure scalable, secure, and high-performing data and AI solutions.
• Leverage knowledge of cloud data and AI platforms (Google Cloud, Azure, AWS) and modern data stacks for building data lakes, data warehouses, and real-time pipelines.
• Contribute to building Gen AI use cases using LLMs, RAG architectures, vector databases, embeddings, and prompt engineering.

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Profile

• 7–12 years of experience in Data and AI solutioning and delivery, including presales involvement.
• Strong experience in Python and SQL with exposure to machine learning, LLMs, and Generative AI applications.
• Proven ability to design and deliver data architectures, including data lakes, data warehouses, and ETL / ELT pipelines.
• Experience preparing technical proposals, estimates, and project plans for data and AI initiatives.
• Strong communication skills to interact with both business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Experience delivering end-to-end data and AI projects, from data ingestion and feature engineering to model deployment and API integration.

Benefits

Whilst this job is primarily offered as a permanent hire by our client, they have indicated that they would also consider someone on a per diem rate contract (full time) for 6 months