Technical Lead, Applied AI
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About the Role A leading frontier AI company is hiring a Technical Lead, Applied AI to open and build their Abu Dhabi market. This is a priority hire - some customers are already in place, and you'll be the person who shapes the region from day one.
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About the Role
A leading frontier AI company is hiring a **Technical Lead, Applied AI** to open and build their Abu Dhabi market.
This is a priority hire - some customers are already in place, and you'll be the person who shapes the region from day one.
You'll start by leading yourself, then grow and lead a team hired around you.
This is not a pure management role: you're expected to operate at roughly 70% individual contributor level.
The work is hands-on, the ownership is real.
The split is approximately 30% presales and strategic positioning (identifying common use cases, building a point of view on the market, being the primary technical contact for your most strategic customers) and 70% building and deploying AI solutions end-to-end.
Arabic language is mandatory for this role.
What You'll Do
- Lead technical discussions during presales - translate customer requirements into actionable solutions and communicate the company's technological advantages to diverse stakeholders
- Design and oversee the implementation of complex AI systems including fine-tuning, RAG, agentic workflows, and custom LLM applications
- Drive innovation by identifying emerging trends in AI, evaluating new tools and methodologies, and championing best practices for fine-tuning, inference, and deployment
- Work closely with product managers, researchers, and engineers to feed customer insights into the product development cycle
- Identify common use cases in the region, build a strategic point of view, and own the Abu Dhabi market as it grows
- Grow and eventually lead a local Applied AI team
How the Team Works
- What matters is what you ship, not the time you spend on it
- No bureaucracy - you talk to whoever you need to, the best idea wins
- Low ego, high standards; direct, honest feedback
- Unstructured environment; people who thrive here find joy in it
About You
- Fluent in English and **Arabic** (mandatory)
- 7-8+ years of experience in AI/ML, with at least 2+ years in a technical leadership role (Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, or Solutions Architect) focused on AI products or enterprise solutions
- Proven track record of leading teams to deliver complex AI projects from prototyping to production
- Strong combination of machine learning/data science and software engineering - not a pure researcher, comfortable with production and infrastructure constraints
- Strong Python coding skills
- Experience with fine-tuning LLMs, advanced RAG, and agentic workflows
- Autonomous, impactful, with a strong drive - quality of experience matters more than years
& Work Model
- Abu Dhabi (no office yet - initially remote/coworking, then hybrid)
- Company standard: 1 day remote per week; additional days require management approval
- Candidates expecting fully remote or strong half-remote setups are not a fit (flexibility possible for exceptional candidates - flag rather than reject)
Compensation
Base salary + meaningful equity
Pay: AED23,000.00 - AED44,000.00 per year
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