Applied AI - Forward Deployed Engineer
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About the Role
GCS is partnering with a leading AI company in Abu Dhabi to hire an Applied AI Engineer for a forward-deployed role. You will work directly with major clients to translate ambiguous business problems into agentic AI workflows, building and deploying LLM-powered agents end-to-end.
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Responsibilities
- Work directly with major clients to translate ambiguous business problems into well framed agentic workflows with clear success criteria.
- Own the design, build, and deployment of LLM powered agents end to end, from early prototype to production grade system.
- Flex into whatever the problem demands: backend, frontend, data, integration, to ship the most effective solution.
- Build features for the core agentic platform across the full product lifecycle.
- Act as the trusted technical voice in the room with senior client stakeholders, then go and build what you've scoped.
Requirements
- 3 6 years' experience with a strong software engineering foundation.
- Build production grade software in Python; shipped RAG and agentic applications (multi step reasoning, tool use, patterns like ReAct or Plan and Execute); know the modern LLM stack.
- Product instinct: think in terms of what to build and why, comfortable owning a use case end to end.
- Client facing strategic ability: lead technical conversation with senior stakeholders, navigate ambiguity, translate business needs into technical reality.
- A bias to build, comfort with ambiguity, and a product driven mindset.
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About the opportunity
- We're partnered with a leading AI company in Abu Dhabi building agentic AI products for major enterprise and government clients.
- This is a forward deployed role at the heart of their flagship agentic AI product.
- You'll sit at the bridge between the product and the client: taking ambiguous, high value business problems and turning them into working AI systems that run in production.
What you'll do
- Work directly with major clients to translate ambiguous business problems into well framed agentic workflows, with clear success criteria.
- Own the design, build, and deployment of LLM powered agents end to end, from early prototype to production grade system.
- Flex into whatever the problem demands, backend, frontend, data, integration, to ship the most effective solution.
- Build features for the core agentic platform across the full product lifecycle.
- Act as the trusted technical voice in the room with senior client stakeholders, then go and build what you've scoped.
What we're looking for
- Technical depth: build production grade software in Python; shipped RAG and agentic applications; know the modern LLM stack.
- Product instinct: think in terms of what to build and why; comfortable owning a use case end to end.
- Client facing strategic ability: lead technical conversation with senior stakeholders, navigate ambiguity, and translate business needs into technical reality.
- 3 6 years' experience with a strong software engineering foundation.
- A bias to build, comfort with ambiguity, and a product driven (not consulting style) mindset.
- French and Arabic speakers are particularly well placed given the client and team environment.
Background we love
- Dual track engineering + strategy backgrounds, applied AI consulting with real technical depth, frontier lab engineering, founder experience, or an engineering + business education.
How the team works
- What matters is what you ship, not the hours you spend.
- Low ego, high standards. The best idea wins, whoever it comes from.
- Direct, timely feedback because people care about the work.
- Minimal bureaucracy, you talk to whoever you need to talk to.
The package
- Competitive, tax free salary.
- Full relocation support to Abu Dhabi.
- The chance to build agentic AI that goes live at serious scale, fast.
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