Hire AI engineers: specialists who ship AI to production

AI that reaches production, not another pilot

Hire from vetted AI & Data specialists who build and run GenAI copilots, agents, ML models and data platforms. Any engineer or squad starts within 4 working days.

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In short

Vetted AI, machine-learning and data specialists. Ready squads in 4 working days, with Arabic-language and sovereign-cloud depth.

Remote Pro Ai’s AI & Data practice lets you hire AI engineers from a bench of vetted specialists who build, deploy and operate AI systems: GenAI copilots, agentic automation, machine-learning models and governed data platforms. Every specialist has shipped to live traffic, and any engineer or squad starts within 4 working days.

Why clients buy from this practice

  • Production-first

    Every engineer has run models or LLM applications on live traffic, with evaluation and rollback.

  • Arabic and sovereign

    Arabic NLP for MSA and Gulf dialects, deployed under PDPL, SAMA and NCA controls.

  • Governed by design

    EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001 and NIST AI RMF practices built into delivery.

AI & Data specialists free this week

The snapshot reads the same feed as bench availability. A specialist counts as available when vetted, between assignments and startable inside 4 working days.

Snapshot, updated daily at 09:00 Riyadh time. Counts appear in bands (5–⁠10, 10–⁠20, 20+); below 5 a role shows “Shortlist in 48 h” instead of a number.

6 AI problems this practice is hired to fix

  • 01

    Pilots that never reach production

    We add retrieval tuning, an evaluation harness, monitoring and one-click rollback. A GenAI copilot on private data typically goes live in 8–⁠10 weeks.

  • 02

    Back-office work an agent could run

    Multi-agent workflows with least-privilege tool access, human checkpoints and a complete audit trail.

  • 03

    Data that is not ready for AI

    A lakehouse with data contracts, lineage and a governed semantic layer that feeds both models and reporting.

  • 04

    Arabic accuracy gaps

    Fine-tuning and evaluation for Modern Standard Arabic and Gulf dialects, including code-switching and diacritics.

  • 05

    Regulatory exposure

    Use cases mapped to EU AI Act risk tiers and PDPL, with model cards, DPIAs and human-oversight design.

  • 06

    Inference bills that keep climbing

    Token budgets, caching, model routing and GPU scheduling, reported as cost per resolved task.

3 AI & Data squads you can reserve today

  • AI Agent Pod

    Agent engineer, LLM engineer, MLOps and QA evaluation

    • Production agent workflows with guardrails.
  • Data Platform Squad

    Data architect, data engineers, analytics and BI

    • Lakehouse plus governed semantic layer.
  • Arabic NLP Squad

    Arabic language AI engineers, ML engineer, data engineer, Arabic evaluator

    • Dialect-accurate models in your region.

Each squad has a fixed composition, a monthly price in your currency and a 72-hour free hold, and it starts within 4 working days of signature. Compare AI & Data Ready Squads.

Hire AI engineers: the 8 roles clients request most

RoleWhat they ownLevelsBadge
AI Engineer (Generative AI)RAG, orchestration, evaluation and deployment of LLM productsMid · Senior · LeadIn demand
AI Agent EngineerTool-using multi-agent systems with guardrails and tracingMid · Senior · LeadRising 2026
MLOps / ML Platform EngineerCI/CD for models and prompts, GPU platforms, model observabilityMid · Senior · LeadRising 2026
Data EngineerBatch and streaming pipelines, lakehouse layers, data qualityMid · Senior · LeadIn demand
NLP / Arabic Language AI EngineerArabic fine-tuning, speech-to-text and evaluation setsMid · Senior · LeadRising 2026
Machine Learning EngineerForecasting, ranking and fraud models served at scaleMid · Senior · LeadNot applicable
AI Solutions ArchitectReference architecture, residency, TCO and model selectionSenior · LeadIn demand
AI Governance & Responsible AI SpecialistRisk tiers, ISO/IEC 42001 controls, bias testingMid · Senior · LeadRising 2026
The other 7 roles
Data Scientist, Analytics Engineer, Computer Vision Engineer, AI Product Manager, AI Consultant, Data Architect and BI Developer. View all 15 AI & Data roles.

The AI and data stack our engineers work in daily

Model platforms · Orchestration and agents · Machine learning · MLOps · Data · Retrieval and evaluation · Analytics

  • Model platforms

    Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI, and open models including ALLaM, Jais and Falcon.

  • Orchestration and agents

    LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Temporal.

  • Machine learning

    PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, XGBoost, Hugging Face, vLLM.

  • MLOps

    MLflow, Kubeflow, Ray, Feast, KServe, Seldon, Argo, Prometheus.

  • Data

    Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, Kafka, Iceberg.

  • Retrieval and evaluation

    pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate, RAGAS, LangSmith, Arize, Evidently.

  • Analytics

    Power BI, Tableau, Looker, Microsoft Fabric.

Browse every stack with a vetted bench on the Technologies index.

AI & Data work in production

  • Arabic GenAI knowledge assistant · A Saudi insurer

    Case B-02

    A bilingual RAG assistant for policy servicing and internal knowledge, with an evaluation harness, human-in-the-loop review, monitoring and one-click rollback. PDPL-compliant logging; workloads in the client’s cloud region (Pattern B).

    Squad
    6 engineers · 7 months
    Results
    –52% average handling time · 100% of AI outputs logged · live in 14 weeks
  • Smart-mobility data platform · A transport operator, Dubai

    Case M-01

    Real-time ingestion from fleet and station sensors, streaming analytics, operations dashboards and an open-data API, deployed in a UAE cloud region.

    Squad
    7 engineers · 10 months
    Results
    40M events per day · real-time dashboards for 12 lines · –30% incident response time

Meet the practice lead

Omar Farouk · Head of AI & Data

  • Omar Farouk · Head of AI & Data

    The Head of AI & Data approves every placement before a candidate reaches a client, and owns the practice’s assessment design, its evaluation standards for LLM systems and the escalation path for squads in delivery. Clients meet the practice lead during quarterly reviews of larger AI & Data engagements.

How we vet AI & Data engineers

Screen · Live technical · Practical · Communication · Background and references

Only 3.4% of applicants pass 5 gates. For this practice, the gates test production behaviour, not certificates.

  1. Screen

    Proof of a model or LLM app on live traffic, and the candidate’s role.

  2. Live technical

    Fix a failing RAG pipeline in 90 minutes: recall, grounding, citations and latency trade-offs.

  3. Practical

    Build an evaluation set with LLM-as-judge plus human sampling, then defend a cost and latency budget.

  4. Communication

    Explain one model decision to a non-technical owner in English; Arabic-facing roles repeat it in Arabic.

  5. Background and references

    References confirm production ownership; certifications and employment are verified.

Role add-ons
MLOps candidates run a Kubernetes inference incident drill. Governance candidates classify 3 real use cases under the EU AI Act. Full method on the vetting page.

Where AI & Data squads deliver the most value

Banking and insurance · Government · Telecom · Energy and utilities · Healthcare · Retail

  • Banking and insurance

    fraud scoring, credit risk, Arabic service assistants. Banking & Fintech

  • Government

    Arabic document AI and citizen-service agents with in-Kingdom hosting. Government

  • Telecom

    churn prediction, network analytics, contact-centre copilots. Telecom

  • Energy and utilities

    computer-vision inspection and demand forecasting. Energy & Utilities

  • Healthcare

    clinical document AI with PDPL and HIPAA logging. Healthcare

  • Retail

    recommendation, demand forecasting and personalised search. Retail & E-commerce

Governance tags and certifications in this practice

EU AI Act · ISO/IEC 42001 · NIST AI RMF · PDPL · SAMA CSF · Azure OpenAI · AWS Bedrock · Vertex AI

Certifications held across the bench include Azure AI Engineer Associate, AWS Machine Learning Specialty, Google Professional ML Engineer, Databricks Data Engineer, SnowPro, IAPP AIGP and ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer. Remote Pro Ai’s company status: ISO/IEC 27001 in progress (certification target Q2 2027); SOC 2 Type II planned for 2027. Current company certification status is published in the Trust Center.

  • EU AI Act
  • ISO/IEC 42001
  • NIST AI RMF
  • PDPL
  • SAMA CSF
  • Azure OpenAI
  • AWS Bedrock
  • Vertex AI
  • Arabic NLP

AI & Data practice: questions buyers ask first

Book a scoping call

20 minutes with a solutions architect. No sales script.

Submit the role and stack and you receive named, vetted candidates within 72 hours, or a 48-hour shortlist if you book self-serve. Once you approve, the engineer starts within 4 working days. You then have a no-bill trial of 5 working days (self-serve) or 10 working days (enterprise) to confirm the fit.

Yes. The practice includes NLP / Arabic Language AI Engineers who fine-tune and evaluate models for Modern Standard Arabic and Gulf dialects. They work with ALLaM, Jais, Falcon and Whisper, handle diacritics and Arabic-English code-switching, and build Arabic evaluation sets that measure accuracy, safety and cultural alignment before release.

Yes, and it is the default for regulated clients. Engineers work inside your tenancy (Pattern A), in your chosen cloud region (Pattern B) or in an isolated enclave (Pattern C). The pattern is written into the Statement of Work, so data location is a contractual term rather than a promise in a proposal.

Every LLM system ships with grounding checks, citation requirements, an offline evaluation set and online monitoring of answer quality. Engineers test for prompt injection and data leakage before release and add tool-permission boundaries for agents. Where risk is high, we add an AI Security Engineer to red-team the application against the OWASP LLM Top 10.

We are vendor-neutral. Squads build on Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock and Vertex AI, and on open models such as ALLaM, Jais, Falcon and Llama-family models served with vLLM. AI Solutions Architects compare options on accuracy, latency, cost and residency for your use case before any build begins.

Yes. AI Governance & Responsible AI Specialists classify use cases by EU AI Act risk tier, implement ISO/IEC 42001 and NIST AI RMF controls, and write model cards and DPIAs. They work beside the engineers, so documentation reflects the system as built and is ready when an auditor or regulator asks.

Pricing is quotation-based and depends on roles, seniority, hours and residency needs. Ready squads carry a fixed monthly price from USD 28,400/month, shown in SAR, AED, USD or EUR with VAT separate. Single roles are priced by Mid, Senior or Lead band. Every quotation is itemised and valid for 30 days.

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