Senior AI Engineer (Services)

The Senior AI Engineer (Services) at Sundus will take on a pivotal role in developing production-level AI services. The ideal candidate will possess a Master's degree in AI/ML, Computer Science, or a related field, and have between 4 to 6+ years of total software/ML engineering experience, including at least 3 years in building production AI services. Team leadership experience, either through direct people management or acting as a technical lead for 3 to 8 engineers, is essential.

Candidates should have a strong record of delivering 1 to 2 large, end-to-end AI projects, from data preparation to deployed services with actual usage. Proficiency in Python and microservice frameworks (FastAPI/Flask), as well as familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and Git is required. Additionally, experience with message/streaming technologies (Kafka/RabbitMQ), Redis, PostgreSQL, and vector databases (FAISS, Milvus, pgvector) is important.

The role also requires expertise with PyTorch, Transformers, OpenCV, PaddleOCR/Tesseract, and familiarity with large language models (LLMs) and prompt/guardrail techniques. A solid understanding of testing (unit/integration), CI/CD, inference optimization, and cloud technologies (preferably Azure, AWS, or GCP) is necessary.

Language Requirements: Experience with Arabic language NLP is a must.

Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Work Conditions: On-site, Full-time