# Staff Software Engineer — Jex Recruitment | Connecting top talent with leading companies

Canonical: https://jobxdubai.com/jobs/li-4458741167-staff-software-engineer
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Type: full_time · Level: lead
Monthly salary: AED 40,000 to 65,000 per month (estimated, not employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-08-25
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## Description

Staff AI Software Engineer | Abu Dhabi

We're hiring on behalf of a major Abu Dhabi-based enterprise that's scaling its applied AI capability, building AI/ML systems that plug directly into core operations, risk, and customer-facing products.

The Role

As a Staff AI Software Engineer, you'll be a senior technical leader, designing and shipping production-grade AI/ML systems at scale. This is a hands-on, high-influence role for someone who wants to shape how a major regional institution builds and deploys AI.

What you'll do

• Architect and build scalable AI/ML systems, from prototype to production

• Lead technical design decisions across the engineering team

• Partner with data science, product, and engineering to translate business problems into deployable AI solutions

• Set and champion engineering best practices, code quality, MLOps, model monitoring, and responsible AI

• Mentor engineers and act as a technical reference point across the function

What we're looking for

• Strong software engineering background (Python and/or relevant production languages)

• Proven experience building and deploying ML/AI systems at scale (LLMs, NLP, or applied ML)

• Solid grasp of MLOps, cloud infrastructure, and system design for production AI

• Staff/Principal-level experience, someone who's operated as a senior IC or technical lead

• Comfortable working in a regulated, enterprise environment

Why this role

• Abu Dhabi, one of the region's fastest-growing hubs for applied AI in financial services

• Ground-floor opportunity to shape AI strategy and engineering culture within a well-resourced innovation function

• High-impact, high-visibility mandate within a major regional institution

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## Requirements

Strong software engineering background (Python and/or relevant production languages). Proven experience building and deploying ML/AI systems at scale (LLMs, NLP, or applied ML). Solid grasp of MLOps, cloud infrastructure, and system design for production AI. Staff/Principal-level experience, someone who's operated as a senior IC or technical lead. Comfortable working in a regulated, enterprise environment.

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