
Scale AI
Applied AI Engineer, Global Public Sector
- Permanent
- Doha, Qatar
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 13/10/2026
Job overview
Date posted
29/08/2026
Location
Doha, Qatar
Salary
QAR 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
13/10/2026
Job description
In this role you will build custom end-to-end AI applications for public sector clients at Scale, using the latest developments in the field of AI, as part of the rapidly growing Global Public Sector team focused on using AI to address critical challenges facing the public sector around the world. You will also get the opportunity to develop and be part of creating custom datasets, evaluations, and fine-tuning sophisticated models to maximize performance and apply them to real world use cases with global reach. You will partner with public sector clients to deeply understand their challenges and define AI-driven solutions, and you are responsible for building and deploying end-to-end AI applications into production, leveraging the latest developments from the biggest AI labs and open source models. Your responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams, including data annotation specialists, to create high-quality training datasets, and designing and maintaining robust evaluation frameworks to ensure the reliability and effectiveness of AI models. You will participate in customer engagements, including occasional travel of approximately two weeks per quarter, and you are responsible for contributing to the scaling of AI capabilities in the public sector through hands-on knowledge sharing.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Partner with public sector clients to deeply understand their challenges and define AI-driven solutions
- Build and deploy end-to-end AI applications into production leveraging the latest developments from the biggest AI labs and open source models
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data annotation specialists, to create high-quality training datasets
- Design and maintain robust evaluation frameworks to ensure the reliability and effectiveness of AI models
- Participate in customer engagements, including occasional travel of approximately two weeks per quarter
- Contribute to the scaling of AI capabilities in the public sector through hands-on knowledge sharing
Experience & skills
- Hold a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience
- Bring 7 or more years of post-graduation engineering experience, with demonstrated proficiency in languages such as Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, or C++
- Show 2 or more years of experience applying AI/ML in production environments, such as deploying deep learning solutions, building generative/agentic AI applications, or setting up evaluation pipelines
- Demonstrate familiarity with cloud-based machine learning tools and platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Show strong problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to iterating on machine learning models and datasets
- Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills to collaborate effectively in a cross-functional environment
- Experience working at a startup, particularly as a founding engineer, is a nice to have
- Experience building and deploying large-scale AI solutions is a nice to have
- Proficiency in Arabic is a nice to have, particularly if focused on language models