Principal AI Infrastructure & Platform Engineer

📍 Location: Manama, Bahrain

🏢 Work Model: Hybrid

💼 Employment Type: Permanent

🎯 Career Level: Principal Engineer

🏛 Industry: Financial Technology | Artificial Intelligence | Cloud Computing | Enterprise Engineering | Digital Banking

Role Overview

An innovative financial technology programme is seeking a highly skilled Principal AI Infrastructure & Platform Engineer to design and manage secure, scalable infrastructure supporting artificial intelligence workloads within enterprise financial environments.

This position plays a pivotal role in enabling high-performance AI platforms that enhance fraud detection, customer intelligence, operational automation, predictive analytics, and enterprise decision-making.

Primary Responsibilities

AI Infrastructure

• Design scalable AI computing environments.
• Optimize enterprise cloud infrastructure.
• Deploy high-performance machine learning platforms.
• Improve AI model lifecycle management.

Platform Engineering

• Develop resilient cloud-native architecture.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning.
• Improve system reliability and observability.
• Manage enterprise container platforms.

Engineering Leadership

• Mentor senior engineering teams.
• Define platform engineering standards.
• Lead enterprise modernization programmes.
• Collaborate with software, security, and data engineering teams.

Security & Reliability

• Strengthen infrastructure security.
• Implement Zero Trust architecture.
• Enhance disaster recovery capabilities.
• Maintain enterprise compliance standards.

Professional Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• 10–15 years of enterprise engineering experience.
• Strong background in cloud infrastructure and AI platform deployment.
• Proven leadership of large-scale engineering initiatives.
• Excellent architectural and analytical skills.

Technical Expertise

• AWS
• Microsoft Azure
• Google Cloud Platform
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Terraform
• Python
• Linux
• MLflow
• Apache Spark
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code
• Monitoring & Observability
• API Security
• Identity & Access Management

What We Offer

• Premium tax-efficient salary package
• Performance-based annual bonus
• Housing allowance
• Comprehensive family healthcare
• Annual return airfare
• Professional certification sponsorship
• Flexible hybrid work environment
• Access to cutting-edge AI technologies
• Executive mentoring and leadership development
• Long-term career progression within a globally connected fintech ecosystem