AI Lead Engineer

Lead AI Engineer / Team Lead EngineeringDubai Our client is a global AI software company. It is hiring a Principal AI Engineer to lead the delivery of its most strategic Agentic AI and GenAI programmes for its customers.The roleMentor a team of software engineers and stay hands-on in the build, you wont be responsible but you will be the most seniorOwn technical delivery and quality across the portfolio, including agentic AI and complex GenAI/RAG systemsDefine architecture blueprints and MLOps best practices for secure, scalable, production-grade AIManage technical risk and customer satisfaction, contributing to regional revenue targetsOpen to travel across the region.What we are looking forSoftware engineering background first. You started as a software developer or data engineer (full-stack, backend or enterprise architecture) and have 8+ years of hands-on experience. We are not looking for pure data scientists or analysts who moved into AI.Have managed engineering teams and still write code today.Have moved into agentic AI and built production systems with LangGraph, CrewAI or LlamaIndex, plus RAG and large-scale GenAI.Strong Docker/Kubernetes skills and experience building secure, production-grade REST APIs.Expert-level hands-on experience with AWS, Azure or GCP, plus on-premise deployment, with a focus on enterprise architecture and security.Strong communication skills, with C levels and similarCS degree required; MS or PhD preferred.Based in the UAE.Competitive salary and benefits