UAE Forward Deployed Engineer

Position: [UAE] Forward Deployed Engineer
Job description

Company description

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 thesix 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.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI or a related field
• 2 to 6 years' experience in software engineering or applied AI engineering
• Strong production experience in Python or Type Script
• LLMs and agents running in production, not only prototypes
• Experience building RAG pipelines, tool-calling agents and LLM workflows, with evaluation and safeguards
• Hands-on experience with applied AI frameworks such as Lang Chain, Llama Index, the OpenAI SDK and the Anthropic SDK
• Experience building beyond low-code, including API design and integration across heterogeneous systems
• Experience deploying solutions on a major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud), with Git and CI/CD
• Experience working in governed enterprise environments (approved libraries and services, data access controls, security reviews)
• Ability to translate client needs into deployable solutions and to explain technical decisions to non-technical audiences
• No certification required
• Professional proficiency in English is a must;
  Arabic is a plus
• Based in the UAE (Dubai or Abu Dhabi)

Additional information

Joining Sia
means integrating into a globally recognized firm that fosters personal growth through our unique Sia Village concept, which promotes a community-driven culture reinforced by values of Excellence, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Teamwork, Care & Support, and Employee Wellbeing, ensuring a fulfilling career path.

What a career at Sia offer you?

• Competitive compensation: an competitive salary and benefits package, benchmarked against the market to ensure the most competitive offers.
• Entrepreneurial spirit:
  Join us on an entrepreneurial journey that not only fosters innovation but also empowers you to drive your own success. Dive into a culture where your ideas shape the future.
• Tailored career advocacy program:
  Receive dedicated support designed to help you achieve your professional aspirations. Our program pairs you with…