Senior AI Engineer – Vertex AI & Gemini
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General Description Join a leading consulting organization delivering enterprise AI transformation initiatives across the Middle East.
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Join a leading consulting organization delivering enterprise AI transformation initiatives across the Middle East.
We are seeking an experienced
Senior AI Engineer – Generative AI & Agentic AI (Google Cloud Platform)
to lead the design, development, and production deployment of enterprise-grade AI solutions using Google Cloud's AI ecosystem, including Vertex AI and Gemini.
This opportunity is ideal for hands-on AI engineers who have successfully delivered multiple Generative AI solutions into production environments and possess deep expertise in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), multi-agent AI systems, LLM orchestration, and cloud-native AI architectures.
The successful candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, product teams, data engineers, and enterprise architects to design and deploy scalable AI solutions supporting real-world business use cases.
This is a contract engagement with an immediate hiring timeline and a remote work setup, with occasional travel to Qatar during key project phases such as UAT and production rollout.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy enterprise-grade Generative AI solutions using Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Build and productionize AI applications leveraging Vertex AI, Gemini, Agent Builder, and Google AI ecosystem services
- Architect and implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions using enterprise knowledge sources and vector databases
- Design and develop multi-agent AI systems capable of orchestrating complex workflows and business processes
- Lead the end-to-end AI solution lifecycle from use case discovery through deployment, monitoring, and optimization
- Develop scalable AI pipelines integrating LLMs, enterprise data platforms, APIs, and business applications
- Implement prompt engineering, agent orchestration, memory management, tool calling, and workflow automation capabilities
- Collaborate with data engineering and platform teams to establish AI infrastructure, governance, and operational frameworks
- Optimize AI model performance, latency, cost efficiency, and production reliability
- Implement security, compliance, monitoring, observability, and responsible AI controls across deployed solutions
- Support UAT activities, stakeholder demonstrations, production rollout, and post-production optimization
- Provide technical leadership and best practices around Generative AI architecture, Agentic AI, and enterprise AI adoption
Required Experience
- 8–15 years of overall software engineering, AI engineering, machine learning, or enterprise technology experience
- Strong hands-on experience building and deploying Generative AI solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Proven expertise with Vertex AI and Gemini enterprise AI capabilities
- Must have successfully delivered at least 2–3 production-grade AI use cases within the Google Cloud ecosystem
- Demonstrated experience deploying both:
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions
- Multi-Agent / Agentic AI systems
- Strong understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, embeddings, vector search, and agent frameworks
- Experience integrating AI solutions with enterprise applications, APIs, databases, and business workflows
- Strong Python development experience
- Experience with cloud-native architecture, containerization, APIs, and scalable deployment practices
- Knowledge of AI governance, security, monitoring, and operational best practices
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to work independently within fast-paced consulting and delivery environments
Preferred Experience
- Experience with Vertex AI Agent Builder, Gemini Enterprise, Agent Development Kit (ADK), or similar Google AI technologies
- Experience with vector databases such as Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, Vertex AI Vector Search, or equivalent platforms
- Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, or similar agent frameworks
- Experience building enterprise copilots, AI assistants, knowledge management solutions, or intelligent workflow automation platforms
- Previous consulting, professional services, or client-facing project experience
- Experience supporting AI implementations within government, financial services, telecommunications, energy, or enterprise sectors
- Arabic language capability is advantageous but not mandatory
- Google Cloud, Vertex AI, Generative AI, or Machine Learning certifications are advantageous
• Remote Work Setup
- Occasional Travel to Qatar During UAT / Production Rollout
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