AI/ML Specialists (Data Scientists/ ML Engineer)

The company is currently looking for AI/ML Specialists (Data Scientists/ ML Engineers) for our Bahrain operations. The position requires a strong background in machine learning and artificial intelligence, particularly in financial services.

Requirements

• 7 – 10 years of experience in AI/ML with proven hands-on delivery experience in banking, financial institutions, or insurance
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / Engineering, preferably BE in Computer Science & Engineering
• Professional Training in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, MLOps, AI in Financial Services
• Professional Certifications: Google Professional ML Engineer, Microsoft AI Engineer Associate, TensorFlow Developer Certificate, AWS Certified Machine Learning

Must-Have

• Several years of ML experience with implemented use cases in Gen AI solutions such as chatbots and document analysis
• Hands-on work experience primarily in banking, financial institutions, or insurance industries

Core AI / NLP Engineering

• Proficiency in Python (PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, Hugging Face, OpenAI API, Anthropic Claude, etc.)
• Experience with LLM fine-tuning (LoRA, PEFT, prompt tuning)
• Knowledge of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and vector databases (Pinecone, FAISS, Weaviate, Chroma)
• Skills in prompt engineering and orchestration (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, DSPy)
• Understanding of embeddings, tokenization, and transformer architecture
• Familiarity with cloud AI tools: AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, Vertex AI, OpenSearch, ElasticSearch
• Experience in model evaluation: hallucination detection, grounding, and benchmarking (BLEU, ROUGE, TruthfulQA, etc.)

Software Engineering & Backend Integration

• Knowledge of RESTful and GraphQL APIs, webhooks
• Proficiency in containerization and deployment (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD)
• Experience with authentication and user/session management
• Understanding of data pipelines and microservices
• Familiarity with frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, NestJS, or Express
• Integration with enterprise data systems (SharePoint, Salesforce, SQL, internal APIs)

Joining Time Frame
15 - 30 days

Location
Manama, Bahrain