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About the Role
Join a prop trading firm in the UAE as an AI Engineer to conduct frontier AI research with access to serious compute infrastructure. You will design ML frameworks, run large-scale training experiments, and work across the full model lifecycle.
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Responsibilities
- Design and build frameworks for next generation ML platforms and trading systems
- Ensure compatibility with modern cloud infrastructure and state of the art model architectures
- Run large scale training experiments and contribute to rigorous model evaluation and analysis
- Collaborate with researchers and engineers on foundational model research across language, vision, multimodal, and structured data
Requirements
- Experience in AI/ML research, preferably in a quantitative or trading context
- Strong programming skills in Python and familiarity with ML libraries
- Experience with large scale model training and evaluation
- Ability to work on site in Abu Dhabi
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Role Overview
- AI Engineer role at a prop trading firm in the UAE, focusing on frontier AI research.
- Opportunity to work with serious compute infrastructure and a small, high caliber team.
- Flat structure with direct exposure to senior leadership.
What You'll Be Doing
- Designing and building frameworks for next generation ML platforms and trading systems.
- Ensuring compatibility with modern cloud infrastructure, leading ML libraries, and state of the art model architectures.
- Running large scale training experiments and contributing to rigorous model evaluation and analysis.
- Working closely with researchers and engineers on foundational model research spanning language, vision, multimodal, and structured data.
Why You'd Want This Role
- Rare opportunity to do frontier AI research within a live trading business.
- Access to serious compute infrastructure.
- Work across the full model lifecycle: training, evaluation, analysis, and innovation.
- Team assembled from some of the best minds in HFT and AI globally.
Why Abu Dhabi
- Consistently ranked among the safest and most liveable cities in the world.
- One of the fastest growing hubs for buy side finance and AI in the region.
- Significant tax advantages over London, New York, or Singapore.
- Short commutes and year round sunshine.
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