Senior AI Engineer

DeepLight AI is a specialist AI and data consultancy dedicated to transforming the regional corporate landscape through bespoke, high-impact intelligent systems. Based in the UAE, we partner with organizations across diverse sectors—with a deep-rooted expertise in Financial Services and Banking—to bridge the gap between complex data and actionable business strategy.

At DeepLight, we don't believe in "off-the-shelf" fixes. We deliver tailored AI solutions designed to integrate seamlessly into existing enterprise architectures, ensuring that innovation is both scalable and secure. From building robust data foundations to deploying sophisticated AI platforms, we empower our clients to lead in an increasingly automated world.

As a Senior AI Engineer, you will drive the design, development, and deployment of production-grade Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI solutions. This role sits at the intersection of cutting-edge research and enterprise-scale application engineering, specifically focused on delivering high-impact, secure, and performant intelligent systems for premier clients in regulated spaces like financial services and banking.

You will act as a technical pillar within the AI squad—collaborating with Data Architects, UI Engineers, and delivery leads to transform complex business requirements into robust, production-ready AI agents and pipelines. This role demands exceptional technical mastery, a deep commitment to architectural integrity, and a proactive approach to solving ambiguous data challenges.

Key ResponsibilitiesGenerative & Agentic AI Engineering* Cognitive Systems Architecture: Design, build, and optimize enterprise-grade Generative AI applications and multi-agent frameworks capable of complex reasoning and autonomous task execution.

• Knowledge Retrieval Systems: Architect and maintain scalable Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines utilizing advanced vector databases and semantic search strategies.
• Advanced Prompt Engineering: Develop and systematically evaluate advanced prompting techniques, guardrails, and context-window management strategies to ensure predictable, secure model behavior.

Deep Learning & Model Optimization* Core Modeling & Execution: Train, fine-tune, and deploy deep learning models across both Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Computer Vision (CV) domains.

• Open-Source & Cloud Integration: Evaluate and deploy both proprietary cloud models (e.g., GPT, Claude) and open-source foundation models, balancing performance, latency, and cost.
• Edge & Inference Optimization: Convert and optimize models for efficient production deployment and runtime inference using formats like ONNX.

Data & MLOps Infrastructure* Data Processing Pipelines: Architect and refine complex, highly performant data preprocessing and feature engineering pipelines for unstructured and structured data.

• Database Governance: Design and optimize high-throughput queries across relational SQL databases and specialized NoSQL/Vector data stores.
• Rigorous Evaluation: Establish robust, data-driven model evaluation frameworks to continuously benchmark accuracy, drift, latency, and safety in production.

As an AI consultancy, our greatest asset is the expertise of our people.

While technical mastery is the foundation of what we do, the ability to bridge the gap between complex data science and actionable business value is what defines your success with Deeplight.

We're looking for individuals who are not only world-class in their fields of specialism, but also compelling communicators and persuasive advocates for their own skills.

You will be the face of our firm, tasked with building trust, articulating the "why" behind your technical decisions, and effectively "selling" your vision to high-level stakeholders.

If you thrive on the challenge of presenting cutting-edge solutions as much as you do on building them, you will fit right in.

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