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AI Lead Prompt Engineer

du
Full-time
On-site
United Arab Emirates

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du seeks an AI Lead Prompt Engineer in the United Arab Emirates to define the generative AI strategy, shape the roadmap, and lead ideation, prototyping and scaling of AI features for telecom products. You will manage Scrum teams, align with Product Management, UIUX regulatory stakeholders, govern ethics and data use, monitor performance, and evangelize AI. Requirements include 10+ years in software development and 5+ years leading telecom teams, a CS or related degree, deep AI/ML and LLM knowledge, full stack and cloud fluency, strong Agile DevOps experience with stakeholder communication. To apply, tailor your CV to highlight strategic roadmaps, measurable AI outcomes, governance experience and cross functional impact, and be prepared to discuss prompt engineering and guardrails.

Key Accountabilities

  • AI Strategy & Roadmap: Set the vision and roadmap for generative AI use-cases and platform capabilities, aligning them with product and business objectives
  • Innovation & Solution Design: Lead ideation, prototyping, and scaling of AI-driven features to push innovation boundaries
  • Team Leadership: Oversee software development teams (Scrum Teams), managing day-to-day activities and ensuring on-time delivery of high-quality AI-enabled products.
  • Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with Product Management, UIUX, Business Stakeholders such as Regulatory Function etc. to ensure AI features meet customer needs and compliance.
  • Performance & Quality: Monitor engineering and operational metrics, driving continuous improvement in delivery efficiency and performance
  • Governance & Ethics: Ensure AI solutions comply with company policies and industry regulations, promoting ethical use of data and model
  • AI Domain Expertise: Promote AI within the organization by conducting trainings, brown-bag sessions. represent the organization in AI events & governance of AI tools.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or master’s in computer science, Software Engineering or related field

Experience

  • 10+; years in software development in large enterprise organization with 5+ years in leading engineering teams in Telecommunication sector.
  • Proven track record in delivering AI and software products.

Skills

  • Strong grasp of AI/ML concepts (especially LLM) and full-stack software development (cloud platforms, APIs, mobile apps). Able to articulate core concepts in relation to LLM such as Context Engineering, Prompt Engineering, Guardrails, Tool use and MCP.
  • Experience with Agile Methodologies, CI/CD and modern DevOps tools. 
  • Skilled at translating business strategy into technical roadmaps, ability to evaluate merging AI technologies and incorporate them into products.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to influence stakeholders and report to senior management. Ability to explain complex AI ideas to non-technical audiences

Competencies

Please provide the level of competency as per the grade: Level 1 for Band 6, Level 2 for Band 5, level 3 for Band 4, level 4 for Band 3.

  • Think strategically (Level 4 of 5)
  • Achieve tangible results (Level 4 of 5)
  • Lead breakthrough change (Level 4 of 5)
  • Exceed customer expectations (Level 4 of 5)
  • Nurture, Inspire and Motivate (Level 4 of 5)
  • Target win-win outcomes (Level 4 of 5)