Principal AI Engineer

About the role

A confidential employer in Abu Dhabi is looking for an experienced Principal AI Engineer to lead the design, development and deployment of enterprise-scale AI solutions for an advanced AI Factory initiative. The role provides technical leadership, builds production-ready AI platforms and drives innovation across Generative AI, Large Language Models and cloud-native engineering. It is a full-time position.

Key responsibilities

• Architect and develop scalable, production-grade AI systems for enterprise applications.
• Lead the design and implementation of Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Agentic AI solutions.
• Build, optimize and maintain distributed backend architectures and microservices.
• Deploy and manage AI workloads on cloud-native infrastructure and modern deployment platforms.
• Mentor engineering teams, promote engineering best practices and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Optimize AI application performance, scalability and production readiness.

Required profile

• 15+ years of professional engineering experience, with a proven record of delivering production-ready AI systems.
• Technical leadership: ability to lead engineering teams, mentor technical professionals and set effective engineering practices.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, collaboration and leadership skills.

Required skills

• Python and AI application development.
• Generative AI, LLMs, RAG architectures and Agentic AI.
• Distributed systems, backend architecture and microservices.
• Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes.
• PostgreSQL.

Salary is estimated at AED 40,000 to AED 60,000 per month. Applications are made by sending an updated CV to the recruiter named in the advert.