Applied AI Engineer

Deriv is an AI-first company, transforming trading through cutting-edge technology. We are seeking a highly skilled Applied AI Engineer to join our dynamic team. You will play a key role in designing, developing, and deploying AI-driven solutions that power our internal tools, marketing automation, and security infrastructure.

AI is being embedded into our company DNA, across every department. For further information, please read our guide: ‘ AI at Deriv:How we’re transforming fintech with AI’.

Your challenges:

AI Solution Development

Design, build, and operate agentic LLM applications with tool-use/function calling, planning, memory, and structured outputs with versioned prompts
Implement RAG pipelines (hybrid dense+sparse retrieval, reranking); manage vector indices and the embedding lifecycle
Integrate models with internal services and third-party APIs via tool adapters; enforce schema contracts and access controls
Lead feature work in recommendation/ranking, content generation/editing, and workflow orchestration backed by measurable eval metrics

Security & Automation

Build AI-driven security automations: classifiers/anomaly detectors, red-teaming harnesses, and (where appropriate) autonomous testing agents
Implement safety & privacy controls: prompt-injection/jailbreak defenses, PII redaction, policy filtering, and auditability
Stand up real-time tracing & alerts on token/latency/cost, retrieval degradation, drift, and hallucination risk

Project & Task Management

Own model/prompt/agent versioning and ship via CI/CD with canaries/A-B, rollback plans, and clear SLOs (quality, latency, cost)
Evolve workflows: PR-based changes to prompts/configs, experiment tracking, concise design docs, and ADRs (decision records)

Quality Assurance & Code Review

Enforce evaluation-first development: golden sets, synthetic probes, regression tests for prompts, grounding/faithfulness checks
Review for determinism, observability, and reproducibility; address tech debt with a bias to stability and measured impact

Collaboration & Mentorship

Partner with platform/data teams on data contracts, retrieval standards, and tenancy/access control
Mentor peers on agent patterns, RAG, prompt engineering, and safe rollout; lead design reviews and share practical research findings

Continuous Improvement

Benchmark and integrate new model families/tools via standardized bake-offs; report quality–latency–cost trade-offs
Optimize serving with adapters/LoRA, distillation/quantization, routing/caching/speculative decoding; right-size infra for cost/perf
Track industry and research trends; convert into pragmatic, incremental stack upgrades

Requirements:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Strong programming skills in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages
Experience with AI/ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face)
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
Solid understanding of security best practices and experience with security automation is a plus
Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills
Experience with task management and code collaboration tools (GitHub, Jira, ClickUp, etc.)
Ability to work independently and as part of a fast-paced, collaborative team

Good to have

Experience in AI/ML engineering, with a proven track record of delivering production-grade solutions
Experience with marketing automation, content generation, or design systems
Familiarity with Figma, Supabase, or similar platforms
Contributions to open source AI/security projects
Prior experience in a high-growth tech or fintech environment

Company culture:

Join a diverse, inclusive workplace that values innovation and cross-cultural collaboration
Enjoy competitive compensation, professional development opportunities
Be part of a company recognised for excellence and committed to career growth opportunities

You’ll be based at our modern office in Dubai’s prestigious Business Bay, a key centre for Deriv’s Middle Eastern operations. Our Dubai office is home to over 200 talented professionals from diverse nationalities, creating a truly global workplace. You’ll thrive in an expat-friendly environment that celebrates diversity and encourages cross-cultural collaboration, with regular knowledge-sharing sessions and team events.

Dubai’s position as a global business hub, combined with its tax-free benefits, ultramodern lifestyle, and family-friendly environment with excellent schools and healthcare, creates the perfect setting for international professionals. Join us in Dubai to shape the future of online trading while experiencing life in one of the world’s most dynamic and cosmopolitan cities.

Our culture is unique, and we live by our values and leadership principles, so it's worth learning more about Deriv's culture .

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