What Jobs are available for Data Models in the United Arab Emirates?

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About the job

We're seeking experienced AI infrastructure Engineers to design and implement robust, scalable pipelines for massive data workloads. Join Tether’s applied research team, where you’ll contribute to high-impact projects that run across thousands of GPUs and drive cutting-edge video generation foundation development.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale high-throughput data infrastructure optimized for video and multimodal content processing across large GPU clusters (e.g., H100/H200).

• Design core preprocessing algorithms for video, audio, text, and image modalities, enabling efficient extraction, synchronization, and normalization of temporal data.

• Build automated acquisition pipelines for sourcing large-scale video datasets, handling diverse formats, frame rates, annotations, and embedded audio.

• Architect robust systems for scalable evaluation and annotation, including prompt-based scoring, perceptual metrics, caption generation, and retrieval-based diagnostics.

• Collaborate with model researchers to co-design video model architectures (e.g. DiTs, VAEs, spatio-temporal transformers) and training schedules across pretraining and fine-tuning stages.

• Optimize distributed data loading and pipeline throughput for training at scale, ensuring robustness across model variants and modality combinations.

• Manage infrastructure to support experiment tracking, model versioning, and cross-team deployment workflows, integrating with production and research platforms.

• Support backend engineering across research, product, and creative teams to ensure seamless integration of data and model workflows from prototyping to inference.

• Proficient in Python with strong programming skills across backend, infrastructure, and data tooling domains.

• Strong software engineering experience, including 2+ years working with petabyte-scale data pipelines and systems across thousands of GPUs.

• Proven ability to architect and maintain large-scale distributed systems for data processing and delivery.

• Deep expertise in orchestration frameworks such as Kubernetes and SLURM with hands-on experience deploying and managing high-throughput workloads.

Preferred Qualifications

• Practical experience on building pipelines and infrastructure with visual and multimodal datasets, including image/video pipelines.

• Experience in building video foundation infrastructure pipelines and workflows with collaboration of LLM and/or video foundation research and engineering teams is a strong advantage.

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Overview

Job Title: Business Data Analyst (Banking) - Digital Transformation

Job Type: Full-Time Contract (1 year, renewable)

Location: On-site, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Job Summary:

Join our team as a Business Data Analyst at the forefront of digital transformation within a leading UAE bank. In this pivotal role, you will bridge business stakeholders and technology teams, applying deep analytical expertise to drive insights, optimize processes, and elevate customer journeys across key digital banking initiatives. Embrace an asynchronous work culture that values exceptional written communication and proactive problem-solving.

• Elicit, analyze, and document business requirements, user stories, and process flows for digital projects.
• Act as a key liaison between business units and technical teams to ensure clear understanding of project objectives.
• Conduct gap analysis and impact assessments for new features and system changes within core banking functions.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups.
• Design and execute test scenarios, supporting user acceptance testing (UAT) and solution validation.
• Write complex SQL queries to extract and analyze large datasets, generating actionable insights and KPI reports with Power BI.
• Translate analytical findings into clear, data-driven recommendations and presentations for diverse stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business, or a quantitative discipline.
• 5-9 years’ experience as a Business Analyst, with a strong background in Banking, Financial Services, or FinTech.
• High proficiency in SQL and PL/SQL, with hands-on experience in Power BI for data visualization.
• Proven experience working with core-banking systems and exposure to digital transformation projects.
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and expertise with JIRA.
• Exceptional written communication skills, adept at working in asynchronous, collaborative environments.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities with excellent stakeholder management.

• Relevant professional certifications (CBAP, PMI-PBA, Agile Scrum, Data Analytics).
• Experience with data modeling, Python or R for advanced analytics, and systems like Flexcube or OFSAA.
• Expertise in digital banking products, customer journey mapping, and process optimization.

Become part of our team and contribute to high-impact initiatives, working on projects that set industry standards and drive meaningful change. We foster an inclusive, high-performing culture offering career development opportunities, comprehensive benefits, and a collaborative environment to help you thrive.