Principal AI/ML Engineer

About DeepLight AI

The Opportunity

What You'll Do

• Architect, build, and deploy machine learning models, deep learning pipelines, RAG systems, and LLM agent frameworks on AWS and Azure.
• Advise C-suite clients, Chief AI Officers, and engineering leads on technical delivery.
• Translate business challenges into execution blueprints, evaluation harnesses, and delivery roadmaps.
• Lead and coach AI engineers and quantitative specialists.
• Align business and IT agendas, resolve project friction, and defend technical decisions before architecture and risk boards.
• Design zero-trust AI security, prompt-injection defenses, PII masking, and compliant CI/CD pipelines.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's or master's degree in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science.
• 8+ years in software engineering, machine learning, and AI platform development.
• Experience leading teams in top-tier technology or management consultancies.
• Command of modern AI frameworks, vector databases, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud MLOps.
• Track record of productionizing secure, high-concurrency AI/ML cloud systems.
• Strong client trust-building, conflict resolution, and empathetic leadership capability.
• Financial services, banking, or capital markets experience is highly advantageous.

What Gives You an Edge

• Experience with LoRA, QLoRA, quantization, and serving open-weight LLMs using vLLM, Ollama, or TGI.
• Experience designing concurrent multi-cloud AI architectures across AWS and Azure in regulated environments.
• Experience with enterprise procurement, UAE or GCC client dynamics, and local regulatory frameworks.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and Gold Level personal health insurance.
• Visa sponsorship, professional development and certification support, and subscription reimbursement.
• Monthly employee incentive program and career advancement opportunities.