HubMub
-
RAKBANK

Principal Data Scientist

RAKBANK
United Arab Emirates · Full-time · Not Applicable
Job Purpose

 JOB DESCRIPTION

To lead the development and deployment of advanced machine learning solutions that power personalized customer decisioning, while driving best‑in‑class modeling, MLOps, and data engineering practices. This role combines hands‑on technical expertise with leadership to deliver scalable models, robust pipelines, and high‑impact insights across the organization.

Modeling Expertise

What You Will Bring:

  • Advanced experience in building and deploying propensity models for cross-sell and upsell.
  • Deep understanding of Next Best Action / Next Best Offer engines.
  • Strong grasp of supervised learning, uplift modeling, and causal inference.

Programming & Engineering

  • Expert-level coding in Python (mandatory); familiarity with R or Scala is a plus.
  • Experience with distributed computing (Spark, Dask, Ray).
  • Proficient in writing production-grade ML pipelines using tools like Airflow, MLflow, or Kubeflow.
  • Strong understanding of software engineering best practices: version control, CI/CD, testing.

Data Infrastructure

  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift).
  • Strong SQL skills; ability to optimize queries and manage large datasets.

MLOps & Deployment

  • Experience deploying models to production via APIs or streaming systems (Kafka, Flink).
  • Proficient in model versioning, experiment tracking, and deployment using MLflow, SageMaker, or Vertex AI.

Monitoring & Observability

  • Ability to set up model monitoring, drift detection, and alerting systems using Prometheus, Grafana, Evidently, or custom dashboards.
  • Experience with logging frameworks and performance profiling for ML services.

GenAI (Preferred)

  • Experience with LLMs, embeddings, prompt engineering, and vector databases (e.g., FAISS, Pinecone).
  • Ability to integrate GenAI into decisioning systems or customer-facing products.

Leadership & Collaboration

  • Ability to lead senior data scientists while remaining hands-on.
  • Comfortable working with product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders.

What You We Are Looking For

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field including Econometrics,Acturial Science.Maths/Statistics, Computer Science etc,
  • 10 years' experience in a senior data scientist position
  • Modelling experience including knowledge of Cloud and GenAI
  • Strong Analytics experience in the bank sector is an advantage

What’s In It For You

  • Pay for performance culture (Competitive and performance-linked compensation)
  • Diverse workforce and inclusive culture
  • Career development and growth opportunities by design
  • Work with the best minds in the field
  • Get opportunities to bring your whole self to the organization and perform to your best.

Key Skills

Ranked by relevance

mlflow cloud distributed computing technical expertise machine learning prometheus grafana python scala kafka spark mlops cicd sql
Login to Apply
🇦🇪

Country Guide

United Arab Emirates

Tax-friendly regional tech hub

Posted
Apr 01, 2026
Type
Full-time
Level
Not Applicable
Location
United Arab Emirates
Company
RAKBANK

Industries

Banking

Categories

Engineering Information Technology

Related Jobs

3 roles aligned with this opportunity

View all jobs
View Job Details
Nordea
Related

AI Platform Engineer

2026-04-10

Full-time
Mid-Senior
Estonia
Banking
Engineering
View Job Details
Julius Baer
Related

Frontend (React) Developer – Financial Platforms 80 - 100% (f/m/d) - (Contract through our external payroll partner with immediate start for 12 months with possible extension)

2026-04-10

Full-time
Not Applicable
Switzerland
Banking
Engineering
View Job Details
Scotiabank
Related

Front-End Engineer

2026-04-10

Full-time
Mid-Senior
Canada
Banking
Engineering