AI / Prompt Engineer – Financial Services & Trading

Location: UAE, ideally Dubai

Type: Full-time

Company: High-growth technology startup

We are working with an ambitious startup in the UAE that is looking for an AI / Prompt Engineer to help design, build and optimise AI-driven workflows across its trading and financial services platform.

This role would suit someone who combines strong prompt engineering capability with a genuine understanding of financial markets, trading strategies and how traders operate day to day.

The Role

You will work closely with the founding and product teams to develop AI agents, prompts and automated workflows that support areas such as market research, trading analysis, decision support, reporting and operational efficiency.

You will be responsible for:

Designing, testing and refining advanced prompts and AI workflows
Building and optimising AI agents using tools such as Claude, Jarvis and similar platforms
Translating trading and financial services requirements into practical AI solutions
Creating structured workflows for market analysis, research and trade-related use cases
Evaluating model outputs for accuracy, consistency and commercial value
Working closely with founders, traders, developers and product stakeholders
Identifying opportunities to automate complex and repetitive processes
Supporting the development of internal AI tools and customer-facing products

What We Are Looking For

Proven experience in prompt engineering, AI workflow design or AI product development
Strong knowledge of Claude and other leading large language models
Experience working with AI agents, automation tools or multi-step prompting frameworks
A strong understanding of financial services, capital markets or trading
The ability to understand trading terminology, workflows and market data
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment
Able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Highly Desirable

Previous experience within a trading firm, hedge fund, fintech, investment business or financial institution
Knowledge of equities, FX, commodities, crypto or derivatives
Experience integrating AI tools with APIs, databases or trading platforms
Familiarity with Python, data analysis or quantitative research
Experience building AI products from concept through to implementation

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to join an early-stage business at a pivotal point in its growth and play a central role in how AI is used across the organisation.

You will have significant ownership, direct access to the founders and the opportunity to build practical AI solutions within a highly commercial trading environment.

Applicants should be based in the UAE or willing to relocate, with a preference for candidates located in Dubai.

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