Who we are
Founded in 2016, Alef Education (ALEFEDT on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange) is an award-winning AI powered learning solutions provider redefining K to 12 education. Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, the company serves approximately 2.0 million students and 84,000 educators across 19,000 schools in the UAE, Indonesia, and Morocco.
Its flagship Alef Platform delivers personalized learning experiences that enhance student engagement and outcomes, while its supplemental solutions Alef Pathways, Abjadiyat, and Arabits extend learning across subjects and languages.
Through its innovative use of artificial intelligence, data insights, and culturally relevant content, Alef Education is transforming teaching and learning to advance equity, access, and excellence for every student.
About The Role
Lead AI Engineer will lead and manage AI Engineering Team, delivering projects from end-to-end: problem statement and conceptualization, proof-of-concept, and participation in the final deployment. The role combines technical leadership, people management, and applied AI Engineering, ensuring AI innovation translates into real educational impact.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive the end-to-end delivery of scalable AI and Generative AI features, from initial conceptualization and prototyping through fast, reliable deployment, and continuous monitoring in live learning environments.
- Prioritize scalable implementation and efficient deployment strategies on Azure, leveraging CI/CD and MLOps principles. Ensure engineering excellence through rigorous technical reviews, maintaining high code quality and architecture standards.
- Partner closely with Product and Engineering teams to align AI innovation with user needs and business goals, providing clear communication on project status, risks, and technical decisions.
- Guide the AI engineering team in building reusable tools, frameworks, and experimentation pipelines to accelerate future feature launches.
- Stay updated on the latest Gen AI trends and technologies, applying findings pragmatically.
- Promote a strong innovation culture through mentoring, workshops, and documentation.
- Ensure all AI solutions meet safety, privacy, and ethical standards before scale-up.
To Be The Right Fit, You’ll Need
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related preferred.
- 10+ yrs AI/ML engineering or equivalent software engineering background with, 3+ yrs hands-on Gen AI (LLMs, Agents, RAG, diffusion, etc.); Ed-Tech industry experience preferred.
- AI/ML Specialty certs (AWS/GCP/Azure) or peer-reviewed publications/patents preferred.
- Familiarity with Azure AI Services and Azure AI Foundry preferred.
- Proven end-to-end scalable AI applications in production.
- MLOps & CI/CD experience.
- Fluent English presentation & writing.
- Strong Python development expertise with; cloud deployment on Azure/AWS; Usage of AI Coding Agents.
- Innovative, creative, and passionate mindset, and willing to learn.
- Proven leadership of AI projects or teams.
- Fluency in English; Arabic is preferred.
What we offer
We believe our people are our greatest advantage. We value curiosity, purpose, and the drive to make a real difference. When you join Alef, you join a mission — and a team that’s just as passionate about transforming education as you are.
Here’s a glimpse of what we offer:
- Annual flight allowance
- Annual performance bonus
- Education allowance
- Health and Life insurance
- Enhanced leave policy
- A hybrid work model and remote working days to work from anywhere
At Alef, we don’t just imagine a better future for education.
We build it — together.