Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | UAE-based (relocation available)

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | UAE-based (relocation available) Key Details: Salary: 50,000 - 90,000 AED (experience depending) per month.

Benefits

Equity, plus housing, car and schooling allowances, premium health cover, annual flights home and full relocation support Industry/Type of business: Enterprise AI & Tech Company size: Late-stage, VC-backed scale-up, 250+ people Remote working: Hybrid & Flexible - UAE based Interview process: 3 stages, with ideally 1 visit to the office (flights will be covered if needed).

About: We're partnering with a fast-scaling, VC-backed AI company that is expanding into the UAE. They already have support from the very top of some of the region's largest organisations and a growing pipeline of projects.

They're now hiring a Senior FDE to bring experienced leadership to a young, ambitious regional team. This is a hands-on, client-facing engineering role.

You'll work closely with enterprise and government clients to understand their operations, spot the biggest opportunities, and then build and ship the solutions yourself.

In your first year, you'll lead large-scale integration programmes across multiple client systems, and you'll set the approach from day one rather than inheriting one. The focus is strong backend and integration engineering, backed by a solid understanding of AI (with AI as a tool, not the focus).

Required Experience: 5+ years of software engineering, including time in solutions or client-facing engineering roles Full-stack, backend-leaning background.

The stack is mainly Python, but your ability to learn quickly matters more than the language you've used Track record of delivering large enterprise integrations (APIs, data pipelines, legacy systems) Strong cloud experience, ideally Azure.

AWS or GCP is also valued Experience on large-scale enterprise platforms, ideally within a top engineering environment Confident leading conversations with senior technical and non-technical stakeholders What's in it for you Tax-free base benchmarked against US salaries, plus equity Full relocation support covering flights, visa, shipping and accommodation on arrival Housing, car and schooling allowances, plus top-tier health cover Premium-class flights home every year for you and your family Hybrid working (typically 3 days onsite) and a yearly learning budget A senior seat with real influence over the product and how the regional team grows Why UAE The UAE is one of the most exciting places in the world to build right now, with major investment in technology driving real projects at scale.

Alongside tax-free income, you'll enjoy a safe, family-friendly lifestyle, excellent schools and sunshine all year round. If this sounds like you, please apply with your latest CV and we will be in touch to discuss the role further!