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

Qualcomm; Riyad Al Khabra; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology firm in Saudi Arabia seeks a Full-Stack Machine Learning Engineer to lead AI solutions development. The candidate will design and support end-to-end AI services while maintaining a significant focus on full-stack engineering and machine learning capabilities. A Bachelor's degree is required along with substantial software engineering experience. The firm offers a comprehensive salary package, including housing and transport allowances, stock options, and generous parental leaves among other benefits.

Benefits

Salary including housing & transport allowance

Stock (RSUs) 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

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience; 3+ years in ML or HPC environments.
• 2+ years of experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python.
• Hands-on experience with LLM runtimes.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize API serving layers for AI inference workloads.
• Develop intelligent agents and retrieval-augmented generation workflows.
• Implement production-grade model management flows.

Skills

Full-stack engineering expertise

Machine learning proficiency

Infrastructure knowledge

Strong programming skills in Python

Knowledge of Kubernetes

Understanding of data structures and algorithms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

PhD in Engineering or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Terraform

Ansible

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 manufactured 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.

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 will include:

• 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.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience; 3+ years in ML or HPC environments.
• 2+ years of academic or work experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
• 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.

*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

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