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.
