Job Overview
Executive Director of AI-Powered Financial Infrastructure Engineering – United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Location: Fully Remote (Serving UAE Market)
Role Classification: Executive | Financial Infrastructure | AI Systems Architecture
Engagement Type: Strategic Multi-Layer Digital Finance Transformation
Role Overview
The UAE is shaping a next-generation financial landscape driven by AI-integrated infrastructure, ultra-scalable data pipelines, cross-border digital finance rails, and high-availability payments ecosystems. This role provides end-to-end leadership in designing and governing AI-augmented financial infrastructures, capable of orchestrating real-time transactions, predictive treasury operations, and intelligent risk-mitigation systems across the national fintech ecosystem.
This remote position requires an expert who can operate at the intersection of advanced payments engineering, machine-learning-driven financial intelligence, and regulatory-aligned architectural design, ensuring the UAE remains at the forefront of global digital finance innovation.
Core Responsibilities
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Architect UAE-aligned AI-driven financial infrastructure models, covering event-streaming payments, intelligent risk scoring, and automated decisioning layers.
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Lead large-scale modernization of financial rails, including multi-cloud architectures, API-first settlement systems, and scalable transaction gateways.
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Oversee deployment of AI-native fraud intelligence, incorporating real-time anomaly detection, behavior segmentation, and auto-adaptive threat classification.
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Develop nation-ready frameworks for digital finance resilience, performance governance, and failover design.
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Integrate advanced data orchestration pipelines supporting predictive liquidity modeling, risk aggregation, and regulatory reporting automation.
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Align architecture with evolving UAE digital finance guidelines, interoperability initiatives, and financial infrastructure standards.
Required Expertise
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12+ years in fintech engineering, payments architecture, AI-driven financial systems, or large-scale digital infrastructure design.
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Mastery of distributed systems, high-throughput computing, and real-time transaction processing.
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Deep understanding of AI integration in financial environments, including model governance and responsible AI frameworks.
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Experience designing high-resilience architectures for national or enterprise-level finance systems.
Preferred Capabilities
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Familiarity with UAE’s digital payment evolution, cross-border alignment strategies, and financial data governance expectations.
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Strong executive communication, technical leadership, and transformation program delivery.
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