UAE Forward Deployed Engineer

Sia
is a specialist Management Consulting firm born in Paris, France in 1999 and has grown into a global firm with over 3,000 employees and annual revenue exceeding $500m. Our culture is strongly oriented towards high-quality expertise and delivering excellent results and outcomes for our clients, which include a wide range of multinational companies. Testament to its success,
Sia
has shown double-digit growth every year since inception.

Sia
is a pioneer of Consulting 4.0, putting us at the forefront of the technology revolution, deploying augmented Consultants capable of leveraging emerging digital technology to enhance and improve their cognitive reasoning, analysis and planning. Supported by Augmented & Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Data Science we empower our clients to make the right decisions at the right time for the right reasons.

With our consultants representing 41 different nationalities, we are a highly diverse team spread across 48 offices in 19countries. However, using innovative technologies such as our own in-house apps, social networks, and digital tools, we provide a truly integrated global service.

Sia
is an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity, inclusion, and employee well-being. Our diversity and inclusion networks (local and global) contribute to a pipeline of initiatives to enhance employee quality of life and foster a caring environment to work in.

Employees are encouraged to contribute to these initiatives and drive positive change in the organisation across 5 pillars:

Women@Sia, Multi-Ethnic, Well-being, and Environment.

In the Middle East,
Sia
provides expert advisory services on strategy & execution, innovation, operational performance & cost reduction, cyber & data security, efficientorganisation, transformation & change management, HR performance, and IT performance. In addition to these services,Sia Institute, Sia Partners’ world-class international training arm, provides a wide range of learning programs and workshops with modules successfully delivered across various locations and sectors, particularly in the Middle East.

Why join the Sia Village?

Excellence | Entrepreneurship | Innovation | Teamwork | Care & Support | Employee Wellbeing

These are the six core values that guide all our actions. As an expression of our values, our Sia Village concept describes our commitment to fostering a sense of community within and among our offices. We believe that knowledge sharing is the key, not only to innovation, but to the growth and development of our people.

Our Forward Deployed Engineer will be embedded with Sia's clients across the Middle East, turning generative AI prototypes into production-grade solutions that create measurable value in daily operations. As part of the Data & AI team in the Middle East, they will build beyond low-code, own the technical delivery of client builds, and act as the bridge between engineering teams and business stakeholders.

The work is hands-on and varied, giving our Forward Deployed Engineer the opportunity to shape the role around their strengths, from agentic systems to enterprise integrations and AI adoption.

Tasks may include but are not limited to:

• Translate client business needs into scoped, deployable AI solutions with clear acceptance criteria and measurable outcomes
• Design, build and deploy production-grade LLM systems, including RAG pipelines, tool-calling agents, workflow automation and conversational interfaces
• Develop Python or Type Script services, APIs, connectors and integrations with client data sources and business tools
• Apply engineering best practice: code review, automated testing, CI/CD, logging and monitoring, and track quality, latency and cost of AI components
• Deliver within governed enterprise environments, using approved libraries and services and respecting data access controls and security reviews
• Communicate trade-offs, progress and risks to client stakeholders, and escal scope changes early
• Drive adoption through training, documentation and knowledge transfer so clients can run the solution themselves
• Support business development by helping define client needs and shape technical solutions for the pipeline
• Contribute to Sia's internal accelerators, research and training materials on generative AI and agents
• Carry out other appropriate delegated duties as required

As part of a diverse and motivated team, you will be involved in a range of projects with our clients, covering topics such as:

• Generative AI and…