Full Stack Machine Learning Engineer (Datacentre AI Engineering) - Riyadh, KSA

Qualcomm

Al Khobar

On-site

SAR 180,000 - 220,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Salary including housing & transport allowance
Stock (RSU's) and performance-related bonus
16 weeks fully paid Maternity Leave
6 weeks fully paid Paternity Leave
Employee stock purchase scheme
Child Education Allowance
Relocation and immigration support
Life and Medical Insurance
Live+ Well Reimbursement for health and recreational membership fees

Job summary

Qualcomm in Al Khobar is seeking a Full-Stack Machine Learning Engineer to bridge AI solutions development and platform engineering. You will work on end-to-end AI services and optimize APIs for AI inference workloads.

The ideal candidate has substantial software engineering experience, strong programming skills, and hands-on expertise with Kubernetes. Benefits include a housing and transport allowance and generous parental leave policies.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience; 3+ years in ML or HPC environments.
  • Deep understanding of data structures and algorithms in distributed systems.
  • Practical experience with LLM runtimes and agent frameworks.

Responsibilities

  • Build and optimize API serving layers for AI inference workloads.
  • Develop intelligent agents and retrieval‑augmented generation workflows.
  • Implement production‑grade bring‑your‑own‑model and fine‑tuning flows.

Skills

Software engineering experience
Machine learning proficiency
Infrastructure knowledge
Strong programming skills in Python, Rust/Go, TypeScript
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Kubernetes
Ansible
Terraform
Prometheus

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Middle East Information Technology Company LLC

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary

About Us
Qualcomm is enabling a world where everyone and everything can be intelligently connected. You interact with products and technologies made possible by Qualcomm every day, including 5G-enabled smartphones that double as pro-level cameras and gaming devices, smarter vehicles and cities, and the technology behind the smart, connected factories that manufacture your latest purchase. Qualcomm 5G and AI innovations are the power behind the connected intelligent edge. You’ll find our technologies behind and inside the innovations that deliver significant value across multiple industries and to billions of people every day.

Qualcomm is growing its presence in Riyadh and is hiring Data Centre Engineers to support our expanding infrastructure across the region. As Saudi Arabia accelerates its digital transformation under Vision 2030, Qualcomm is investing in world‑class computing and data centre capabilities to power AI, cloud, and advanced connectivity at scale. This is a unique opportunity to work in a fast‑growing technology hub, supporting critical environments and helping shape the future of data centre operations in the Kingdom and beyond.

About the Role

We are seeking a Full‑Stack Machine Learning Engineer to join our team, bridging AI solutions development with AI platform engineering for Qualcomm’s AI Inference Suite and rack‑scale data center deployments. This role involves designing, delivering, and supporting end‑to‑end AI services, agentic workflows, and fine‑tuning pipelines, while enabling lifecycle automation, orchestration, and observability for large‑scale data center environments. You will bring a strong combination of full‑stack engineering expertise, machine learning proficiency, and infrastructure knowledge to build robust, scalable AI systems.

Key Responsibilities
  • API Development & Optimization: Build and optimize API serving layers for AI inference workloads, ensuring model and hardware efficiency.
  • Agentic Workflows & RAG Pipelines: Develop intelligent agents and retrieval‑augmented generation workflows using frameworks such as LangChain and crew.ai.
  • Model Lifecycle Management: Implement production‑grade bring‑your‑own‑model and fine‑tuning flows, including dataset ingestion, orchestration, evaluation, and deployment.
  • LLM Runtime Integration: Work with various LLM runtimes (e.g., vLLM, Dynamo, llm‑d) and leverage inference optimization techniques.
  • SDK & Tooling Contributions: Contribute to AI Inference Suite SDKs (Python/TypeScript/Java/Rust), CLI tools, and reference applications.
  • Cluster Management: Design and maintain AI cluster management software for provisioning, orchestration, and monitoring.
  • Telemetry & Observability: Integrate out‑of‑band management via Redfish/IPMI and in‑band telemetry using Prometheus/OpenTelemetry.
  • Infrastructure‑as‑Code: Develop workflows using MAAS, Terraform, and Ansible for bare‑metal and containerized deployments.
  • Kubernetes Orchestration: Enable Kubernetes/Helm‑based orchestration for inference clusters and multi‑tenancy.
  • Monitoring & Dashboards: Build dashboards for rack health, inventory, and SLA compliance.
  • Continuous Innovation: Stay current with GenAI trends, rack‑scale AI orchestration, and data center best practices.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience; 3+ years in ML or HPC environments.
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Rust/Go, and TypeScript, with solid software development fundamentals.
  • Deep understanding of data structures and algorithms in distributed systems and high‑performance computing contexts.
  • Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, Helm, Prometheus/OpenTelemetry, and Ansible/Terraform.
  • Practical experience with LLM runtimes, agent frameworks, and rack‑scale orchestration.
  • Minimum 2+ years of academic or work experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
  • References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field.
  • Experience building inference and fine‑tuning pipelines, as well as agentic workflows.
  • Knowledge of data centre resource lifecycle management, out‑of‑band protocols (Redfish/IPMI), and MAAS/OpenStack.
  • Exposure to scale‑up data centre networking technologies (RoCE/RDMA/NVLink).
  • Contributions to inference and GenAI model performance optimization.
What’s on Offer
  • Salary including housing & transport allowance
  • Stock (RSU's) and performance related bonus
  • 16 weeks fully paid Maternity Leave
  • 6 weeks fully paid Paternity Leave
  • Employee stock purchase scheme
  • Child Education Allowance
  • Relocation and immigration support (if needed)
  • Life and Medical Insurance
  • Live+ Well Reimbursement for health and recreational membership fees
Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e‑mail disability‑accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm’s toll‑free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

Legal & Policy Statement

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

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