AI/ML Engineer

GymNation is expanding our team and looking for a AI/ML engineer who is eager to join our growing team of passionate people.

Who we are?

GymNation is a Dubai-based chain of large-format fitness centers founded in 2017, operating over 20 locations across the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

What you'll do

- Integrate speech-to-text, language-model reasoning, and text-to-speech capabilities into our in-house voice hardware, handling practical issues and tracking real-world performance.

- Maintain and enhance advanced conversational agents across web, mobile, and voice-based platforms.

- Develop and deploy production-ready Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, including building FAISS-based vector stores, generating embeddings, and optimizing prompts for latency and accuracy.

- Prepare datasets, train and validate models (using tools like scikit-learn or XGBoost), manage experiments, containerize applications with Docker, and deploy to staging and production environments via CI/CD pipelines.

- Design and extend RESTful APIs using FastAPI, incorporating features like authentication, rate-limiting, versioning, and structured logging.

- Ensure high code quality by writing clear tests, participating in code reviews, and collaborating closely with teammates and technical leadership.

Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related technical field.

- Proficiency in Python; comfortable writing clean, maintainable, and tested code.

- Practical knowledge of Python's data and ML ecosystem: NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, and deep-learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.

- Familiarity with standard software development tools, including Git, Docker, and basic Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) practices.

- Project-based experience developing at least one RESTful API and one complete machine learning workflow from data preparation through model deployment.

- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset; comfortable giving and receiving feedback in a fast-paced technical team.

Preferred

- Exposure to frameworks and libraries such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, or related generative AI tooling.

- Experience or familiarity with vector databases (FAISS, Pinecone, Chroma).

- Basic understanding of generative AI models and their practical applications.

- Familiarity with developing real-time or asynchronous applications (asyncio, WebSockets).

- Familiarity with building gradient-boosting algorithms (XGBoost, CatBoost, LightGBM).

- Participation in internships, hackathons, or projects involving conversational interfaces or real-time systems.

What we offer

- Competitive salary + annual bonus.

- GymNation all-access membership & wellness stipend.

- 30 calendar days paid vacation + UAE public holidays.

Hiring process

- Intro call - 30 min with Senior Data Engineer.

- Technical interview - 1 hour conversation with test task.

- One to one - Meet with CTO

- Meet with management

- Offer - Target turnaround within one week.

Want to focus on production ready AI products that are actually affecting people lives? Join us! We can't wait to see what you'll ship next.