AI Engineer, Sr (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, SA)

At Globant, we are working to make the world a better place, one step at a time. We enhance business development and enterprise solutions to prepare them for a digital future. With a diverse and talented team present in more than 30 countries, we are strategic partners to leading global companies in their business process transformation.

We are seeking a Senior AI Engineer who shares our passion for innovation and transformation. This role is critical in building advanced AI-driven solutions that enable our business partners to evolve and meet the growing demand for personalized, intelligent digital experiences.

You will get the chance to:

• Design, develop, and enhance an AI-powered chatbot for a national tourism platform
• Integrate and deploy open-source LLMs within secure private cloud environments
• Build and maintain scalable Python backend services powering AI-driven interactions
• Design and implement agentic workflows, including tool integration, context retrieval, database querying, and external API communication
• Optimize model performance, latency, and scalability across GPU environments
• Integrate AI solutions with Azure AI services and existing platform infrastructure
• Monitor and continuously improve system performance using LLM evaluation techniques and other optimization methods

What will help you succeed:

• Strong experience in AI engineering, particularly with Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Hands-on experience with open-source frameworks (e.g., Hugging Face Transformers)
• Proven experience deploying AI models on GPU infrastructure
• Solid Python backend development experience for AI services and APIs
• Familiarity with LLM engineering patterns such as tool calling, structured outputs, retrieval systems, and streaming responses
• Experience building real-time chat systems using HTTP streaming (SSE or similar)
• Experience integrating AI systems with databases, APIs, and external services to enable agentic behavior and decision-making
• Familiarity with Azure cloud services, particularly Azure AI or related infrastructure
• Understanding of model optimization techniques (e.g., quantization, inference performance, scaling)

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with frontend technologies such as React or Next.js
• Experience developing chat interfaces

Soft skills:

• Strong problem-solving and system design mindset
• Collaborative approach with the ability to work across teams while also delivering independently
• Clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• High level of ownership and accountability
• Focus on building reliable, production-grade AI systems

Location: Remote

Create with us digital products that people love. We will bring businesses and consumers together through AI technology and creativity, driving digital transformation to impact the world positively. We may use AI and machine learning technologies in our recruitment process. Compensation is determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and location. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a comprehensive benefits package. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion and Globant’s Benefits.