Automation Engineer

About Finclutech

Finclutech is a Dubai-based technology company that builds and operates digital financial products and services across multiple international markets.

The Role

We are looking for an Automation Engineer with a strong software development background to design, build, and maintain automation and AI-driven systems that support our technology, data, and operational workflows—including internal knowledge systems, AI-powered solutions, tool integrations, database connections, data pipelines, and reporting dashboards.

This is a hands-on, individual contributor role reporting to the Chief Digital Officer(CDO). You will take a described business process or project and independently design, develop, integrate, test, build, deploy, and maintain production-ready solutions, working across multiple products, markets, and business units.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain automation workflows that connect AI models to business processes
• Build and maintain internal knowledge systems and knowledge bases
• Configure and maintain MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations and other AI tool connections
• Connect and maintain databases, and build reliable data pipelines between systems
• Build and maintain internal dashboards and reporting tools
• Integrate third-party APIs and tools into existing systems and workflows
• Take a described business process or project brief and independently deliver a working solution end to end

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with Claude (Anthropic), including Claude Code, the Claude Agent SDK/API, prompt design, and tool-using agents
• Experience building or configuring MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations
• Working knowledge of other leading AI models (e.g. GPT, Gemini) and the judgment to select the right tool for a task
• Experience building automations and agentic workflows using APIs, webhooks, schedulers, and event triggers
• Proficiency in SQL and experience working with production or read-replica databases
• Experience building dashboards and reports directly from underlying data
• Proficient in at least one programming or scripting language (e.g. Python, JavaScript/TypeScript)
• Comfortable with Git and standard version control practices
• Able to read and safely modify an existing codebase
• 2+ years of hands-on experience building software, automations, or AI-integrated tools
• Fluent English, written and spoken
• Based in or willing to relocate to Dubai, UAE, and able to work on-site

Nice to Have

• Experience in fintech, payments, or another regulated industry
• Experience working across multiple countries, currencies, or regulatory environments
• Familiarity with real-time data pipelines or feeds
• DevOps/infrastructure exposure — Kubernetes, CI/CD, cloud platforms
• Experience building internal tools independently in a lean or fast-moving environment

Application Question(s):

• Do you have hands-on software development experience (Python or JavaScript/TypeScript)?
• How many years of professional software development experience do you have?
• Do you have hands-on experience integrating AI models (Claude, OpenAI GPT, Gemini, or similar) into software applications?
• Which programming language are you most proficient in?
• Have you worked with SQL databases in a production environment?
• Have you worked with Claude, Claude Code, MCP (Model Context Protocol), OpenAI, or Gemini APIs?

Work Location: In person