Research Engineer

Description:

The Center for Interdisciplinary Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (CIDSAI) at NYU Abu Dhabi seeks to recruit a Research Engineer to support the design and implementation of interactive AI and data science platforms across the Center’s research clusters.

The successful candidate will collaborate with researchers and faculty across domains such as Foundations of Data Science, Enabling Technologies, Health, Education and Personalized Learning, and Bias, Ethics & Privacy, contributing to the development of prototypes, interfaces, and software infrastructure that translate research outputs into usable tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain web-based and AI-powered platforms supporting CIDSAI research projects.
• Collaborate with faculty and postdocs on projects such as: Mathematical Collaboration Platform, Personalized Learning Systems and SmartClass AI Tutors, Health-focused conversational AI and multimodal interfaces, Bias detection and fairness-aware tools for ethical AI.
• Integrate machine learning models, visualization dashboards, and backend services.
• Contribute to data collection, testing, documentation, and dissemination of open-source resources.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong programming skills.
• Experience with machine learning frameworks and backend systems.
• Familiarity with cloud computing, API integration, data visualization, and database management.
• Ability to work in interdisciplinary research environments bridging theory, applications, and ethics.