Senior AI/ML Engineer / Senior Backend Engineer

ConfidentialKhobar, Saudi Arabia

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Confidential (established Saudi engineering & industrial services group, building a new in-house AI unit)
Location: Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Work Type: ONSITE, full-time
Relocation + visa provided
Saudi nationals preferred

About the Role

We're founding an in-house AI unit and hiring its first two engineers. You'd work directly with the unit's head and shape how it's built from day one. Software work: LLMs, data, APIs and the systems around them.

Open Roles

Senior AI/ML Engineer

  • LLM assistants and agents over real company data
  • Arabic and Saudi-dialect language work
  • A proper evaluation practice
  • Open-weight models on our own hardware
  • The unit publishes research, with the opportunity to co-author

Senior Backend Engineer

  • The services and integrations connecting AI to enterprise systems and operational data, on a modern serverless stack
  • Reliability, security and clean data are the job

Compensation & Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Housing and transport allowances
  • Family medical insurance
  • Annual flights

How to Apply

Apply at https://zalvi.app, a short game-like screening assessment we built ourselves (English or Arabic). Shortlisted applicants move to the next stage.

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