Lead DevOps Engineer

What You ll Do

• Own CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and infrastructure setup that can scale as the company grows
• Work across cloud environments to design cost efficient, secure, and performant services
• Implement containerization (Docker, orchestration tools), enable auto scaling, enforce observability and performance monitoring
• Introduce and enforce best practices around reliability, deployment, and infrastructure maintenance
• Work closely with product, engineering, and ML teams to align DevOps work with roadmap priorities
• Mentor and guide junior/mid DevOps engineers; help define the infrastructure & operations culture

What We re Looking For

• 6 8 years of DevOps / infrastructure experience, especially in product focused companies. Experience in AI is a huge plus.
• Strong background in Docker, CI/CD, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred)
• Good understanding of scalability, deployment challenges, observability, and system performance
• Basic security experience: managing secrets, access controls, ensuring secure configuration etc.
• Startup mindset: comfortable with ambiguity, driving process, hands on problem solving, proactive attitude

What You ll Get

• Opportunity to lead the DevOps function and grow into a Head of DevOps role
• Be part of a cutting edge AI company in Dubai going through very significant growth
• Strong influence over architectural decisions, tooling, infrastructure design
• Collaborative team environment; chance to build your own team
• An attractive salary package