At RAKBANK, we are committed to nurturing a culture of innovation, growth, and excellence. We go beyond being a bank – we are a thriving community fueled by teamwork, advanced solutions, and unwavering standards of governance.
Join us and be a part of shaping the future of RAKBANK!
Job DescriptionModeling Expertise:
- Advanced experience in building and deploying propensity models for cross-sell and upsell.
- Deep understanding of Next Best Action / Next Best Offer engines.
- Strong grasp of supervised learning, uplift modeling, and causal inference.
Programming & Engineering:
- Expert-level coding in Python (mandatory); familiarity with R or Scala is a plus.
- Experience with distributed computing (Spark, Dask, Ray).
- Proficient in writing production-grade ML pipelines using tools like Airflow, MLflow, or Kubeflow.
- Strong understanding of software engineering best practices: version control, CI/CD, testing.
Data Infrastructure:
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift).
- Strong SQL skills; ability to optimize queries and manage large datasets.
MLOps & Deployment:
- Experience deploying models to production via APIs or streaming systems (Kafka, Flink).
- Proficient in model versioning, experiment tracking, and deployment using MLflow, SageMaker, or Vertex AI.
Monitoring & Observability:
- Ability to set up model monitoring, drift detection, and alerting systems using Prometheus, Grafana, Evidently, or custom dashboards.
- Experience with logging frameworks and performance profiling for ML services.
GenAI (Preferred):
- Experience with LLMs, embeddings, prompt engineering, and vector databases (e.g., FAISS, Pinecone).
- Ability to integrate GenAI into decisioning systems or customer-facing products.
Leadership & Collaboration:
- Ability to lead senior data scientists while remaining hands-on.
- Comfortable working with product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree in a rellevant field including Econometrics,Acturial Science.Maths/Statistics,Computer Science etc,
- Strong Analytics experience in the bank sector is an advantage
- 10 years experience in a senior data scientist position
- Modelling experience including knoledge of Cloud,ML and GenAI
Additional Information
What’s In It for You
- Pay for performance culture (Competitive and performance-linked compensation)
- Diverse workforce and inclusive culture
- Career development and growth opportunities by design
- Work with the best minds in the field
- Get opportunities to bring your whole self to the organization and perform to your best.
Top Skills
What We Do
We’re RAKBANK.
Banking should feel simple. Human. Helpful. So that’s the kind we build.
Since 1976, we’ve been helping people and businesses across the UAE grow with confidence, giving them the tools, the support, and the trust to make things happen.
We started as a community bank and grew into one of the country’s most dynamic financial institutions. What’s never changed is our belief that banking should work for people, not the other way around.
Today, we’re leading a new chapter, one that combines smart digital innovation with genuine human connection. We call it digital with a human touch.
We serve customers across every segment through our Personal Banking Group (PBG), Business Banking Group (BBG), and Wholesale Banking Group (WBG). As the UAE’s go-to SME bank, we’re helping thousands of businesses grow and thrive with seamless, digital-first banking.
Our group also includes Skiply, the region’s leading school payments app; Protego, our next-generation insurance aggregator; and RAK Insurance, one of the UAE’s most trusted insurers, together creating an ecosystem that makes life simpler and safer for our customers.
From empowering entrepreneurs and SMEs to launching the UAE’s first crypto brokerage for retail customers and our own AI-powered digital assistant, we’re shaping the future of banking while keeping the heart of it the same: people.
RAKBANK — Digital With a Human Touch.
