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Scale’s mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our core work consists of:<br><br>Creating custom AI applications that will impact millions of citizens Generating high-quality training data for national LLMsUpskilling and advisory services to spread the impact of AI<br><br>Scale is hiring ML Research Engineers to bridge the gap between emerging AI capabilities and mission-critical, real-world impact. In our Global Public Sector (GPS) division, we don’t just implement tools; we conduct applied research to solve the unique challenges of sovereign AI.<br><br>Your role is to move beyond off-the-shelf implementations. You will lead the research into Agent Design, Reliability, and AI Safety, developing novel system architectures that power high-stakes government applications. You will be the bridge between a research paper and a production-ready system that functions at scale.<br><br>The Mission<br><br>Applied Agent Research: Leading the design of reliable, multi-step agentic systems and long-horizon reasoning frameworks that can solve complex problems for national security and public policy. Systemic Evaluation & Red-Teaming: Developing rigorous benchmarks and evaluation protocols to ensure AI systems are safe, unbiased, and performant in high-stakes, non-commercial environments. Model Optimisation & Selection: Conducting deep-dive research into model performance (both open-weight and closed) to identify the best tools for niche domains, optimising them through context engineering, RAG, and other inference-time techniques.<br><br>What You Will Do<br><br>Architect Agentic Systems: Design and build agent architectures, the harnesses, tool-use protocols, and logic flows that allow LLMs to function as reliable, autonomous agents in complex workflows. Drive Reliability & Safety: Research and implement robust evaluation frameworks. This includes red-teaming for sovereign AI requirements and developing strategies to mitigate hallucinations in regulated data environments. Synthesise Deep Research: Build agents capable of autonomous information synthesis and long-horizon reasoning, enabling users to analyse massive datasets and extract actionable insights. Optimize for Niche Domains: Evaluate and adapt models for specialised use cases, such as LLM reasoning for low-resource languages, complex OCR tasks, or working in GPU-constrained environments Build Evaluation Frontiers: Create new, automated benchmarks that define what success looks like for AI in the public sector, ensuring our systems meet the highest standards of accuracy and sovereignty. Consult as a Technical Authority: Act as a subject matter expert for public sector leaders, advising on the practical limits, safety requirements, and performance trade-offs of emerging AI technologies.<br><br>Ideally, You Have<br><br>Engineering Rigour: Exceptional proficiency in Python and experience building agentic harnesses or AI infrastructure. You write production-ready code that is modular, scalable, and reliable. Applied Research Mindset: A track record of taking theoretical AI concepts and turning them into functional prototypes or products. You know how to read a paper and determine if its methods are actually viable for a production system. Evaluation Expertise: Experience in LLM benchmarking, red-teaming, or building evaluations that go beyond standard academic datasets. Advanced Degree: A Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field (with a focus on ML) is preferred, but we value demonstrated impact and engineering excellence.<br><br>Nice to Haves<br><br>Agentic Systems Expert: Deep experience in building multi-agent systems, including chain-of-thought optimisation and tool-calling reliability. Sovereign AI Experience: Experience working with highly regulated data environments, on-premise deployments, or sensitive government use cases. Inference Optimisation: Knowledge of how to optimise model performance for environments with limited GPU capacity or specific latency requirements. Zero-to-One Mindset: You are comfortable navigating ambiguity and enjoy defining research directions from scratch to solve a specific product or mission need.<br><br>For those applying based in Qatar: Residency and employment in Qatar requires certain permissions (visa and permits) issued by the Qatari authorities. 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This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.<br><br>About Us:<br><br>At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Ernst & Young, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U. S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.<br><br>We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. 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About QNB<br><br>Established in 1964 as the country’s first Qatari-owned commercial bank, QNB Group has steadily grown to become the largest bank in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region.<br><br>QNB Group’s presence through its subsidiaries and associate companies extends to more than 31 countries across three continents providing a comprehensive range of advanced products and services. The total number of employees is more than 28,000 serving up to 20 million customers operating through 1,000 locations, with an ATM network of 4,300 machines.<br><br>QNB has maintained its position as one of the highest rated regional banks from leading credit rating agencies including Standard & Poor’s (A), Moody’s (Aa3) and Fitch (A+). The Bank has also been the recipient of many awards from leading international specialised financial publications.<br><br>Based on the Group’s consistent strong financial performance and its expanding international presence, QNB currently ranks as the most valuable bank brand in the Middle East and Africa, according to Brand Finance Magazine.<br><br>QNB Group has an active community support program and sponsors various social, educational and sporting events.<br><br>Job Summary<br><br>The incumbent will be responsible for the setup and management of the Cyber Security Strategy and Product management function in the Group Information Security (GIS) department. The incumbent will be a banking and finance technology thinker who constantly analyses the market for new technologies that would be best suited to support the Group’s strategy<br><br>Main Responsibilities<br><br> Shareholder & Financial: - Participate in the development, execution and maintenance of the IT Security strategy aligned to the overall corporate strategy, group long term goals and assist in the prioritization process. - Assist in the overall and annual IT Security business planning with the view of achieving the Group’s short term goals and submit periodic reviews and resolution. - Provide inputs to the Technology Key Risk indicators (KRIs) which shall be applicable across the Group to manage Group’s exposure to IT related risks effectively. Lead IT market research and provide applicable suggestions to further the Group’s strategy and develop cost / benefit analysis to alternative technologies and processes. - Focal Point from GIS in the preparation of the GIS budget to support Group’s long and short term goals. - Responsible for coordinating all aspects of the GIS budget process including: review of service area business plans and key performance indicators; annual capital budget and forecasts that include available and appropriate funding sources along with required project justification analysis; operating budget and forecast submissions that adhere to direction set by bank - Liaise with all Business Units Heads for preparing the yearly IT Business Plans, Prepare monthly and quarterly update on IT Business Plan. Monitor the Progress Status and raise issues / risks to GIS management. - Produce Availability Plans in line with QNB’s business planning cycle; identifying Availability requirements early enough to take account of procurement lead times. - Create implement and report on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for performance monitoring purposes for the GIS group and monitor their achievement on a regular basis. - Produce Capacity Plans in line with QNB’s business planning cycle; identifying Capacity requirements early enough to take account of procurement lead times. - Document the need for any increase or reduction in hardware resources based on service level requirements and cost constraints - Implements KPI’s and best practices for Cyber Security Strategy and Product Management. - Promote cost consciousness and efficiency and enhance productivity, to minimise cost, avoid waste, and optimise benefits for the bank. - Act within the limits of the powers delegated to the incumbent and delegate authority to the respective staff and monitor exercise of the same. - Demonstrate clear understanding of the important factors behind the bank's financial & non-financial performance. Customer (Internal & External): - Build and maintain strong relationship with all other related departments, external entities and sections within GIS. - Defining & implementing Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Operation Level Agreements (OLAs) between GIS, IT Group, other Business Units and International Branches. - Monitors capital and operating budget performance of GIS to identify unfavourable budget variances and recommend mitigating actions or additional approvals required to minimize impact to yearend surplus/deficit. - Seek to continually exceed internal and external customer expectations through introduction of breakthrough IT Security technologies and processes aimed to improve the Group’s products/services. - Produce regular management reports which include current usage of resources, trends and forecasts - Build and maintain a strong relationship with the Business Relationship Manager, technical teams within IT, finance team and external vendors of products and services - To assist customers in all their queries on Bank’s product and seek solution to their requests. - Maintain activities in accordance with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with internal departments/units to achieve improvements in turn-around time. - Build and maintain strong/effective relationships with related departments/units to achieve the Group’s objectives Internal (Processes, Products, Regulatory): - Review and identify areas for improvement in the process to deliver effective & efficient GIS projects and services - Act as a BCP Coordinator for GIS, coordinate implementation of DR setup as per the defined strategy - Assist in recruiting, motivating and developing personnel to ensure the function is staffed with individuals of the required caliber and that there is adequate succession planning and provision for future demands. - Analyse and recommend new products and solutions for GIS and business users to ensure that the group is upto-date with the latest trends in technology. - Support the new technology’s development process, and ensure that project deliverables are met according to specifications and timeframes. - Compile and present relevant MIS to the Group CISO on a periodic basis for the existing systems and compare the existing functionalities vis-à-vis the efficiencies to be gained from proposed technologies. - Assist in the overall recruitment of the individual resources in the areas concerned - Continuous Improvement: - Set examples by leading improvement initiatives through cross-functional teams ensuring successes. - Identify and encourage people to adopt practices better than the industry standard. - Continuously encourage and recognise the importance of thinking out-of-the-box within the team. - Encourage, solicit and reward innovative ideas even in day-to-day issues. Learning & Knowledge: - Possess good knowledge and experience in COBIT and ITIL framework. - Detailed understanding of IT systems and secure architecture designs. - Good understanding of suitable solutions for configuration management, service desk, software library etc. - Identify areas for professional development for self and direct reports and take necessary actions - Hold meetings with direct reports and assess their performance. - Attend specific conferences in areas of financial services technology breakthroughs and innovations to adapt suitable ones to the bank’s security architecture and product portfolio. - Possess a superior knowledge of the GIS structure, its products and related risks together with a good knowledge of operations and related controls. - Identify areas for professional development of self and direct reports and act to enhance professional development of self and others - Proactively identify areas for professional development of self and undertake development activities. - Seek out opportunities to remain current with all developments in professional field. - Hold meetings with staff and assess their performance and your teams overall performance on a regular basis. - Take decisive action to ensure speedy resolution of unresolved grievances or conflicts within the team members. - Identify development opportunities and activities for staff and facilitate/coach them to improve their effectives and prepare them to assume greater responsibilities. Legal, Regulatory, and Risk Framework Responsibilities: - Comply with all applicable legal, regulatory and internal compliance requirements including, but not limited to, Group Compliance Policies and Procedures (AML & CTF, Sanctions Policy, Data Protection Policy, Fraud Control Policy, Whistle Blowing Policy, Conflict of Interest and Insider Dealing Policy). - Understand and effectively perform your role under the Three Lines of Defence principle to identify measure, monitor, manage and report risks. - Ensure systematic good outcomes for clients in accordance with Conduct Risk policy. - Support the framework of RCSA, KRI, Incident reporting and remediation, as appropriate, in accordance with the Operational Risk Management requirements. - Maintain appropriate knowledge to ensure full qualification to undertake the role. - Complete all mandatory training provided by the Bank, attain, and maintain the required levels of competence. - Attend mandatory (internal and external) seminars as instructed by the Bank. Other: - Ensure high standards of data protection and confidentiality to safeguard commercially sensitive information. - Maintaining utmost confidentiality concerning customer and internal bank information obtained during the course of business and provide such information on a need to know basis only to Senior Management of QNB, Audit and Compliance functions, and relevant Regulators. - Maintain high professional standards to uphold QNB's reputation and to strengthen its market leadership position. - All other ad hoc duties/activities related to QNB that management might request from time to time. - Lead and develop the Cyber Security Strategy of the bank in line with the business strategy, regulatory requirement, best practices and ongoing cyber security challenges. - Benchmark and evaluate the performance of the technologies engineered and operated by the GIS Cyber Security Technologies & Services teams to ensure that these are kept fine-tuned and updated with the latest technological developments.- Constantly scanning the market and competitors capabilities and bringing in technology proven in other markets and suggesting them across the group. - Keeping the CISO updated with latest developments in Cyber Security and raising any new cyber security risks to his attention. - Maintain the security architecture blueprints of the bank, liaising with the Enterprise IT architect and GITD Heads to develop and track the plans to achieve compliance. - Help to form the Information Security budget in collaboration with the Group Information Security Officer ensuring that systems under management are licensed and appropriately sized for the environment - Ensure that all the licenses and contracts are maintained and kept updated.<br><br>Education And Experience Requirements<br><br> Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or any related subject. Experience in IT service management of systems Technical Design, Implementation, and Maintenance on wide variety of platform including the main banking platform. At least 15 year’s experience in a major bank of which at least 5 years in bank in a managerial capacity in an IT Security engineering or architecture function. Training courses and certifications in application development, database administration, security, and management is a plus. Professional certifications, an ITIL foundation, TOGAF and COBIT is a must - Professional certification such as CISSP, CISM, CISA is preferred.<br><br>Note: you will be required to attach the following:<br><br>Resume/CVCopy of Passport or QID Copy of Education Certificate Copy of Birth Certificate