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    Applied Scientist II | Amazon.ae

    Employment: Full Time

    Amazon Exports and Expansion (AEE) team is a central organization responsible for launching new Amazon ecommerce markets across world, supporting custom wide features for the emerging markets (Middle East, Australia, Singapore, Turkey, Brazil to name few) and creating new features to enable cross country product selection, purchase and fulfillment features to enable Amazon exports in the world. The team takes care of technology business needs of these markets end to end and key functions range across marketing, retail, 3P, pricing, DEX, CX, finance of these marketplaces.AEE is looking for an Applied scientist who will work and build ML capabilities in the MENA and other emerging markets. Currently the team is working on wide range of ML problems starting from predicting Customer lifetime churn and Prime churn rate program predictions, forecasting best pricing to offer new selection, profitability programs like MOQ (minimum ordered quantity), price elasticity. Team is looking forward to build delivery experience related models to solve the unstructured address data problems in MENA and other geographies and score these addresses. There will be additional complexity which will come to tune these models as per local language compatible, considering multiple language support on our websites. Other programs in our pipelines are related to abuse detection happening on websites related to payments, inventory hold and rejections by fraud customers. Your role will require you to demonstrate Think Big and Invent and Simplify, as we believe to build solutions which are reusable across markets and scalable as data grows. The models will help these markets to improve profitability and customer retention rates with improved deliveries, the three main key broader goals of our org for 2021.There will be end to end ownership in terms of strong association with stakeholders, building models independently and deploying it to production along with fellow SDEs. Periodic opportunities in terms of conducting ML hackathons for emerging markets, paper presentation to director plus leadership to fast move business and improve our overall growth.You will be expected to:- Leverage knowledge of statistics and optimization to frame decision-making problems for MENA region- Build statistical models required to measure the impact of each system and platform- Predict future customer behavior and business conditions through machine learning and predictive modeling- Use analytical and predictive techniques to build models for optimizing and target specific products- Translate prototype models to production quality, large scale software systems- Present proposals and results in a clear manner backed by data and coupled with actionable conclusions

    BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PHD or MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operational Research, Statistics or a related quantitative field- Hands-on experience in applying theoretical ML models in an applied environment- Proficiency in model development, model validation and model implementation- Expert in more than one or more major programming languages (C++, Java, or similar) and at least one scripting language (Perl, Python, or similar)- Work well in a fast-moving team environment and effectively deliver technical implementations having complex dependencies and requirementsPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- 2+ years of hands-on experience applying theoretical models in an applied environment- Significant peer reviewed scientific contributions in relevant field- Strong fundamentals in problem solving, algorithm design and complexity analysis- Strong personal interest in learning, researching, and creating new technologies with high commercial impact- Experience with defining organizational research and development practices in an industry setting- Proven track in leading, mentoring and growing teams of scientists

    Amazon.ae, formerly Souq.com, is an English-Arabic language e-commerce platform, owned by Amazon, Inc. It is the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world. On March 28, 2017, Amazon.com Inc. confirmed it would be acquiring Souq.com for $580 million. On May 1, 2019, Souq.com became known as Amazon.ae. More

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    Data Scientist – FinTech Division of Leading Bank | eMagine Solutions

    Employment: Full Time

    Data Scientist – Digital First FinTech, DIFC Dubai.eMagine Solutions are hiring on behalf of a new FinTech division within a leading Financial OrganisationThe role will support existing Data Science team across multiple customer data driven projects focusing on propensity modelling, machine learning and productionisation.Role:• The creation and delivery of extraordinary customer-first data science driven through to action – work that delivers significant, measurable customer and commercial benefit• Collaborating with colleagues to identify and solve the real business problems.• Identifying new and existing data sources and data science techniques to generate best-in-class models, insights and understanding.• Crafting high-impact insights, models and recommendations.• Creating and sharing knowledge, developing team capability and collaboration.• Developing innovative approaches and solutions to problems.

    Experience:• Experience within similar Data Science role for consumer / customer focused / Financial Services organisation• Be educated to degree level in a mathematical- or programming-oriented subject, (Computer Science, Applied science etc), or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and experience. Post-graduate qualification a plus but not essential.• Highly numerate with expertise in statistics, machine learning, analytics or similar.• Enjoy communicating and collaborating with others to deliver brilliant, high-impact work.• Able to communicate complex technical concepts to specialist / non-specialist audiences.• Expertise (essential) with one or more of Python, R or SQL (Python would be ideal)• Have experience of digital and big datasets (eg clickstream, Adobe Marketing Cloud)• Working knowledge of Git-based code version control,• Experience of building data pipelines with Spark• Experience of productionising Machine Learning models at scale

    eMagine Solutions is one of the leading authorities on leadership and talent globally. Our combined resources of over 100 years professional experience mean that our clients trust us with finding them the top talent globally and candidates trust us to find them the right opportunity in a timely and confidential manner.
    Throughout our offices we provide complete solutions for our clients, including traditional temporary and permanent recruitment, executive search, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), salary survey’s, market mapping and training and development courses.
    Our global client list work with us not only because of our expertise but also because of our honesty, integrity and passion. More

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    ITSM – ITIL – Service / Support Manager | eMagine Solutions

    Employment: Full Time

    ITSM – ITIL – Service & Support Manager (Application Support)• On a behalf of a global organisation eMagine Solutions are looing for a Support Manager with experience of managing a support team for a variety of software applications.• You will be responsible for managing the SLA’s and the performance of the support team.• The company has operations in excess of 50 countries globally and the you will be responsible for the Incident Management, Request Fulfillment and Change Management at a 2nd Line Support level.• Direct reports will include an Incident Manager, Service Manager, Problem Manager, Change Manager and Config teams.• Any exposure to software development, Agile Methodologies and DevOps would be a bonus.

    Successful Candidate Attributes and Responsibilities• Extensive experience of successfully leading internationally based project or support based teams• Degree in a relevant scientific, technical, engineering or computer related subject• You are customer obsessed and use data to identify opportunities to improve our customer experience, positively impact the business, as well as execute to make these a reality.• Thoughtful, clear communication is your specialty; you can translate strategy and goals and communicate across cross-functional teams and complex customer organizations to effectively deliver best-in class service to our customers.• You are also adept at doing so to when English is not the first language.• You will manage support level and customer satisfaction metrics, ensuring the support SLA’s are being met and exceeded.• You will proactively identify opportunities to improve metrics and team efficiency.• You’re an expert in authentically engaging stakeholders and leveraging feedback for continuous improvement• You will manage the communication of new or recurring problems to product management, product development, customer facing employees, and customers.• You’re also a data-driven decision maker with the ability to structure ambiguity into actionable, value-added plans.• You have a successful track record or identifying and implementing changes to methods, processes, systems and technologies to improve operational metrics.• Indeed, you inspire continuous improvement in support delivery and that will actively help Ricardo meet its business objectives.• You bring a commercial focus to the customer support team by driving sales from customer interactions through cross selling and upselling based on customer needs and goals.• You possess excellent project and time management skills, with a track record of performance and successful implementation across multiple concurrent projects.• You have an ability to handle multiple, shifting, and competing priorities, and drive the team towards results.• You excel in both project and resource planning and can minimize unexpected surprises and escalations via early warning processes.• As the team leader, you have a track record of empowering and developing your team, being a coach and a mentor, and setting an inspiring team vision and strategy.• You will foster an environment of continuous learning and help bridge knowledge and process gaps within the teams.• You will also ensure the team has access to development tools, methodologies and resources needed to be successful.• You are also familiar with contact center best practices, systems, and tools such as Microsoft Dynamics and Freshdesk, as well as other CRMs, Chatbots, AI, etc.• Serve as an evangelist for our products through thought leadership, blogging, social media and speaking• The ability to travel within Europe, to the US and Asia, as required in the role and when allowed

    eMagine Solutions is one of the leading authorities on leadership and talent globally. Our combined resources of over 100 years professional experience mean that our clients trust us with finding them the top talent globally and candidates trust us to find them the right opportunity in a timely and confidential manner.
    Throughout our offices we provide complete solutions for our clients, including traditional temporary and permanent recruitment, executive search, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), salary survey’s, market mapping and training and development courses.
    Our global client list work with us not only because of our expertise but also because of our honesty, integrity and passion. More

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    Backend Developer | eMagine Solutions

    Employment: Full Time

    Backend Developer – (Go, Golang, Java, Node,js, C#) – Dubai – FinTechGO GoLang – Google GO Developer, Back End Development.Our client is a cutting edge Fintech, naturally they love candidates which have an interest in Finance as it sits at the core of what they do.• End to end development of backend systems and services (Plan, Architect, Design, Develop, Test, Deploy and support)• Build scalable APIs• Work in an autonomous multifunctioning team• Work and collaborate with your colleagues and other teams (Specialists, Researchers, Product owners, designers etc)• We are looking for candidates with a strong knowledge of Algorithms and Design Patterns, not just libraries.• The culture there is really open – they want people who are collaborative but also self-directed and driven.• You’d be working under an awesome director of engineering who believes in really empowering her team.• Proven commercial experience in GO Golang is needed and you will be working in an AWS environment.They want to create a fantastic set of core building blocks for the services that engineers from other squads can quickly adopt. You will have a huge bias for automation and will have experience in automating parts of the developer experience.Responsibilities• To build out internal developer tools for their microservices architecture.• To make their developers love to build new microservices in the right way.• To create “the rails”, that the developers work within, to give them both autonomy whilst having some measure of consistency.
    Salary:AED 27,000 to 30,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

    Skills and Experience• 1+ Years experience working, and experience with Golang and experience with another language such as C#, .NET, Java, Node.js and any other static typed language.• You want to get into the trenches with a collaborative team.• You want to contribute to architecture and deliver innovative software products.• You like to obsess over ensuring that the code written by you and the team you are part of is well tested, clean, hygienic and performant.• You class yourself as a continuous improver, and constantly push yourself outside of your comfort zone.• You like to openly communicate, be willing to listen to peers and give and receive continuous feedback.• Above all, you love to bring people along for the journey, you’re a mentor and a teacher and help others level-up.

    eMagine Solutions is one of the leading authorities on leadership and talent globally. Our combined resources of over 100 years professional experience mean that our clients trust us with finding them the top talent globally and candidates trust us to find them the right opportunity in a timely and confidential manner.
    Throughout our offices we provide complete solutions for our clients, including traditional temporary and permanent recruitment, executive search, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), salary survey’s, market mapping and training and development courses.
    Our global client list work with us not only because of our expertise but also because of our honesty, integrity and passion. More

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    React Native Developer | eMagine Solutions

    Employment: Full Time

    React Native – Mobile Developer.You will work as the Development Team Lead, and closely with the Product Managers and other development teams. You will develop maintainable, modular and scalable software, using industry best practices and contribute to the direction and architecture of the app.You will be working in a mixed programming language environment and developing our platform using the latest technologies (React Native, React.JS, Redux) and architectures such as Event Driven Architecture, Microservices and Serverless.Requirements:What you need:• Excellent knowledge of JavaScript (ES6) and its ecosystem• Proven experience with React Native on iOS, Restful APIs, CI/CD• You are curious about learning and adopting new technologies, languages and practices• Good communication and a proactive team player who excels when working collaboratively

    What you need as a Senior React Native Developer:• Experience with React Native and React.JS front-end framework• Expert understanding of Typescript• Comfortable using common development tools such as git• Comfortable working in an agile team, comfortable pair-programming, and code reviewing• 5 years general engineering experience• CI and build tools, automated testing• Exposure to Node.Js and Postgres.What would be extra awesome:• Experience of building applications with React Native• Experience of in-app purchases and push notifications• Experience with 3rd party SDKs (e.g. Firebase, branch.io, Facebook, AWS, Codepush)• Redux• Up to date React knowledge – especially hooks• Diagnosing and fixing app performance problems• Performance testing• Experience with kops, Grafana, Prometheus, Kibana• Docker

    eMagine Solutions is one of the leading authorities on leadership and talent globally. Our combined resources of over 100 years professional experience mean that our clients trust us with finding them the top talent globally and candidates trust us to find them the right opportunity in a timely and confidential manner.
    Throughout our offices we provide complete solutions for our clients, including traditional temporary and permanent recruitment, executive search, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), salary survey’s, market mapping and training and development courses.
    Our global client list work with us not only because of our expertise but also because of our honesty, integrity and passion. More

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    IT Director – SAP (Saudi National) | Michael Page

    Employment: Full Time

    Aviation client hiring an IT Director to maximise their investment in technology and specifically SAP.To change the way the business operates through technology.Client Details10,000+ organisation operating in the Aviation sector.Predominantly Saudi based operations with ambitions to expand globally.Description- Continue to drive value from their recent SAP implementation- Bring in other emerging technologies (create business cases, secure budget and then implement)- Drive excellence across the department- Assess the need to bring in strategic suppliers or outsource where necessary- Ensure high availability of network / infrastructure- Oversight of IT SecurityJob OfferAn organisation investing heavily in technology, the opportunity to drive change through use of it.Good package and benefits are on offer.

    – A minimum of 10 years experience in Technology- A minimum of 3 years Technology leadership- Has led the technology strategy formulation- Has worked across a number of SAP modules ideally in a leadership role- Ideally worked for a multinational organisation- Bachelors minimum, Masters preferable- High degree of written / oral English and Arabic

    Michael Page is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
    The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:
    Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal
    The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide. More

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    Data Engineer – Banking UAE | NSI & Bluefin Talent

    Employment: Full Time

    • Responsible to prepare the data and “big data” infrastructure to connect systems and enable data analysis by Data Scientists• Responsible to design, build, integrate data from various resources, and manage data integrationsKEY RESPONSIBILITIES:• Build and maintain the organization’s data pipeline systems (data pipelines encompass the journey and processes that data undergoes within a company)• Gather and collect the data, store it, does batch processing or real -time processing on it, and serves it via an API to a data scientist who can easily query it• Ensure the data organization is using is clean, reliable, and prepped for whatever use cases may present themselves• Run ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) on top of big datasets and create big data warehouses that can be used for reporting or analysis by data scientists• Continuously optimize the performance of company’s big data ecosystem., including writing complex queries to make sure it is easily accessible and works smoothly• Review the solution requirements and architecture to ensure selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources and integration of multiple systems and technology

    • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Applied Mathematics/Physics or Statistics• Master’s degree preferred Experience:• Strong background or relevant experience (3-4 years) in software engineering• Should have prior working experience within: ETL, big data environments, cloud data stores, different RDBMS and OLAP solutions Competencies:• Big data tools: Strong proficiency in Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive, Pig, Data streaming, NoSQL, SQL, programming• End-to-end data architecture pipeline: Extensive knowledge on databases and best engineering practices including but not limited to handling and logging errors, monitoring the system, building human-fault-tolerant pipelines etc

    New Sourcing International (NSI) / Bluefin Talent have partnered so to offer a specialized recruitment solution within the Consulting and Financial services domains.
    Working together as a specialist search and selection agency, we concentrate on blue chip financial services and strategy / technology consulting organizations across Europe and the Middle East; focusing exclusively on Financial Services, IT and Risk. Being niche allows us to offer a premium search service, tailored to overcome the technically challenging nature of recruitment for the specialist functions that we work.
    We are dedicated to representing best of breed candidates in the region in our dedicated fields of employment. As such we are a leading outfit for placing ex-pats and internationally educated students in the region.
    Our biggest unique selling point, is that we are steered by a dedicated team of ex-financial services and industry professionals. This allows us to offer a level of candidate pre-screening for roles, which is largely anomalous to the recruitment profession. Our ability to bridge the technical knowledge gap typical recruiters encounter, coupled with a thorough delivery process allows us to drive consistently superior results for our clients sourcing requirements. Designed to provide a fast and efficient turnaround, we minimize the use of internal resources our clients spend vetting inadequate profiles, allowing them to quickly get back to focusing on their strategic goals.
    Our strength lies not only in the specialist nature of our firm, but also in the commitment we show towards our clients and candidates. We endeavour to build long-term relationships and recognise the crucial nature of communication throughout the recruitment process. Excellence, integrity, respect and transparency are cornerstone to the culture we promote. More

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    Data Engineer – Banking | NSI & Bluefin Talent

    Employment: Full Time

    • Responsible to prepare the data and “big data” infrastructure to connect systems and enable data analysis by Data Scientists• Responsible to design, build, integrate data from various resources, and manage data integrationsKEY RESPONSIBILITIES:• Build and maintain the organization’s data pipeline systems (data pipelines encompass the journey and processes that data undergoes within a company)• Gather and collect the data, store it, does batch processing or real -time processing on it, and serves it via an API to a data scientist who can easily query it• Ensure the data organization is using is clean, reliable, and prepped for whatever use cases may present themselves• Run ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) on top of big datasets and create big data warehouses that can be used for reporting or analysis by data scientists• Continuously optimize the performance of company’s big data ecosystem., including writing complex queries to make sure it is easily accessible and works smoothly• Review the solution requirements and architecture to ensure selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources and integration of multiple systems and technology

    • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Applied Mathematics/Physics or Statistics• Master’s degree preferred Experience:• Strong background or relevant experience (3-4 years) in software engineering• Should have prior working experience within: ETL, big data environments, cloud data stores, different RDBMS and OLAP solutions Competencies:• Big data tools: Strong proficiency in Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive, Pig, Data streaming, NoSQL, SQL, programming• End-to-end data architecture pipeline: Extensive knowledge on databases and best engineering practices including but not limited to handling and logging errors, monitoring the system, building human-fault-tolerant pipelines etc

    New Sourcing International (NSI) / Bluefin Talent have partnered so to offer a specialized recruitment solution within the Consulting and Financial services domains.
    Working together as a specialist search and selection agency, we concentrate on blue chip financial services and strategy / technology consulting organizations across Europe and the Middle East; focusing exclusively on Financial Services, IT and Risk. Being niche allows us to offer a premium search service, tailored to overcome the technically challenging nature of recruitment for the specialist functions that we work.
    We are dedicated to representing best of breed candidates in the region in our dedicated fields of employment. As such we are a leading outfit for placing ex-pats and internationally educated students in the region.
    Our biggest unique selling point, is that we are steered by a dedicated team of ex-financial services and industry professionals. This allows us to offer a level of candidate pre-screening for roles, which is largely anomalous to the recruitment profession. Our ability to bridge the technical knowledge gap typical recruiters encounter, coupled with a thorough delivery process allows us to drive consistently superior results for our clients sourcing requirements. Designed to provide a fast and efficient turnaround, we minimize the use of internal resources our clients spend vetting inadequate profiles, allowing them to quickly get back to focusing on their strategic goals.
    Our strength lies not only in the specialist nature of our firm, but also in the commitment we show towards our clients and candidates. We endeavour to build long-term relationships and recognise the crucial nature of communication throughout the recruitment process. Excellence, integrity, respect and transparency are cornerstone to the culture we promote. More