Senior AI Engineer
--Abu Dhabi--
Sovereign Wealth Fund in Abu Dhabi
A major Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investment institution is building an in-house artificial intelligence capability and recruit an AI Engineer to lead the hands-on design, build and optimisation of its agentic systems. This is the senior technical builder in the AI squad, turning architecture into production-grade agents and LLM-powered applications, and mentoring the engineers around them.
Responsabilities
- Design and build agentic systems, autonomous decision agents and intelligent workflows to production-grade quality.
- Engineer LLM prompts, retrieval and orchestration workflows, optimising for accuracy, latency, cost and reliability.
- Implement training and fine-tuning, evaluation, versioning and monitoring in partnership with the AI architect and established MLOps practices.
- Establish evaluation, guardrails and monitoring to safeguard agent quality, cost and performance.
- Set engineering standards for the AI squad and enforce them in review.
- Partners with the Senior AI Architect on design, standards and delivery sequencing.
Experience & Qualifications
- 6 to 10+ years in AI/ML or software engineering, with hands-on agentic and LLM development.
- Track record shipping production-grade AI and agentic applications.
- Agentic and LLM engineering, building agents and LLM applications using frameworks such as LangChain and LangGraph.
- Strong command of Python and of tools such as PyTorch, TensorFlow and MLflow, plus traditional ML such as LightGBM and XGBoost.
- Orchestration and integration with enterprise data, APIs and applications.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science or AI/ML.
Role & Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities
Build Responsibilities:
- Design and build agentic systems, autonomous decision agents and intelligent workflows to production-grade quality.
- Engineer LLM prompts, retrieval and orchestration workflows, optimising for accuracy, latency, cost and reliability.
- Build orchestration workflows and integrate agents with enterprise data, APIs and applications, ensuring secure and reliable operation.
Model Lifecycle:
- Implement training and fine-tuning, evaluation, versioning and monitoring in partnership with the AI architect and established MLOps practices.
- Apply traditional machine learning alongside LLM approaches where it is the better tool for the problem.
- Maintain strong command of the Python stack and tools such as PyTorch, TensorFlow and MLflow across the model lifecycle.
Quality & Performance:
- Establish evaluation, guardrails and monitoring to safeguard agent quality, cost and performance.
- Lead remediation of issues in production, from detection through to resolution.
- Hold the line on reliability as agents move from prototype into institutional use
People & Leadership Responsibilities:
- Set engineering standards for the AI squad and enforce them in review.
- Mentor AI engineers and raise the technical quality of what the team ships.
- Work closely with the AI architect to translate architectural direction into working systems.
Internal & External Interfaces:
- Partners with the Senior AI Architect on design, standards and delivery sequencing.
- Works with data engineering teams to secure reliable, governed data for agents.
- Engages business and operational stakeholders to define what an agent must do and how success is measured.
- Collaborates with security and governance functions on safe deployment.
Requirements
Education & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science or AI/ML.
- AI/ML certifications preferred.
Experience Requirements:
- 6 to 10+ years in AI/ML or software engineering, with hands-on agentic and LLM development.
- Track record shipping production-grade AI and agentic applications.
- Experience in financial services, sovereign enterprises or investment organisations preferred.
Technical Expertise:
- Agentic and LLM engineering, building agents and LLM applications using frameworks such as LangChain and LangGraph.
- Strong command of Python and of tools such as PyTorch, TensorFlow and MLflow, plus traditional ML such as LightGBM and XGBoost.
- Orchestration and integration with enterprise data, APIs and applications.
- Evaluation, guardrails and monitoring for agent quality, cost and performance.
- Engineering leadership, setting standards and mentoring AI engineers.