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Here are the latest data and AI contract jobs in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar that Freelance Radar found on LinkedIn. For every job you contact the person hiring directly, with no job board in between. There are 36 contract jobs live right now, and the list is updated continuously.

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Experienced Data Scientist (5-7 years AI/ML engineering) for a 3-month contract in Abu Dhabi, with hands-on Python, TensorFlow/PyTorch, RAG/MCP, MLOps (MLflow), SQL/NoSQL and Jira/Agile/CI/CD experien…

12-month onsite contract in Abu Dhabi for a Data Scientist with 5+ years experience in statistics, ML/DL, RAG/MCP, Python, TensorFlow/PyTorch, SQL/NoSQL, MLOps (MLflow, GitLab, Docker, CI/CD) and defe…

Power BI Developer

6-month extendable contract for a locally available Power BI Developer in Abu Dhabi to build interactive dashboards, data models, DAX calculations and Power Query transformations for BI reporting.

Data Scientist needed for a 3 month contract, possibly extendable depending on project, supporting a leading Defense client in Abu Dhabi.

A leading Defense organisation in Abu Dhabi seeks a Data Scientist for a 3-month contract with possible extension dependent on the project.

Senior Business Analyst

Contract opportunity in Qatar for a Senior Business Analyst with 13+ years of business analysis experience, strong requirements gathering and documentation skills, Agile and Waterfall methodologies, s…

Define domain data architecture, canonical models and event schemas for modular banking APIs and Lean Core operating model, including MDM, data governance, API payload design and BIAN semantics; 12-mo…

Senior Pega System Engineer

Pega Certified System Architect (PCSS) consultant with Arabic, for a 4-month government contract (possible extension) in Riyadh, requiring Pega analytical tools (Admin Studio, Dev Studio, LiveUI, Repo…

Senior Power BI Lead / Solution Architect

Contract role in Dubai for a Power BI lead/architect with 8-10 years experience in solution design, advanced DAX, Power Query (M), SQL, star schema and semantic modelling, performance optimisation, RL…

IRIS Data Engineer

Experienced IRIS Data Engineer (6+ years) for a 6-month extendable contract in Dubai, with hands-on expertise in Azure Databricks, PySpark, SQL, ADF and InterSystems IRIS for enterprise cloud data war…

6-month extendable contract for an AI Engineer with 6+ years of enterprise AI experience in Dubai, immediate to 30 days availability, requiring skills in AI Agents, LLMs, RAG, Python, SQL, Databricks …

Azure Databricks Data Engineer

6-month extendable contract in Dubai for an experienced Azure Databricks Data Engineer (5+ years data engineering) with hands-on Azure Databricks, ADF, dbt, PySpark, SQL, ADLS Gen2 and CI/CD skills; i…

Looking for an experienced AI/ML Engineer with 8+ years in Python, Machine Learning, Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, vector databases, MLOps, Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD to build and deploy scalable AI sol…

Power BI Engineer

Seeking a Power BI Engineer with 5+ years in data analytics/BI, strong Power BI, DAX, Power Query, advanced SQL, data modeling and dimensional modeling skills for a 6-month extendable contract in Duba…

Digital Transformation & Systems Officer

6-month contract for a Digital Transformation & Systems Officer in Qatar requiring 6+ years in digital delivery, business systems, workflow automation and business analysis, with hands-on Microsoft 36…

Qatar · 12,000 QR- 13,000 QR All inclusive

Experienced Data Engineer (3–5+ years) needed for a 6-month contract-to-hire role in Dubai, requiring strong Azure and Databricks hands-on experience, Python, PySpark, SQL, Apache Spark, ETL/ELT pipel…

Palantir Foundry Engineer

Palantir Foundry engineer with 5+ years experience required for a yearly renewable contract in Abu Dhabi, strong in data engineering, software and platform engineering, large-scale data platforms, dat…

Application & Database Specialist

6-month extendable contract in Riyadh for a specialist with 4+ years securing applications, APIs, databases and infrastructure (Apigee, Mendix, Oracle, SQL Server, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric).

Principal Product Designer – AI/GenAI, UI/UX & Visual Design

6-month extendable contract for a hands-on Principal/Lead IC product designer to work on AI/GenAI products, UI/UX, visual and interaction design, design systems and high-fidelity prototyping in Figma,…

Reporting and Data Analyst (Power BI)

7-month extendable contract for a Reporting and Data Analyst in Qatar requiring 8-12 years experience in Power BI, DAX, Power Query, SQL, RLS/data modeling and reporting automation, available to join …

Qatar · 13,000 QR all inclusive

Lead Data Scientist

Contract hire under IDC employment and visa sponsorship for a Lead Data Scientist with 10-15 years of hands-on experience, onsite in Abu Dhabi.

Contract hire under IDC employment and visa sponsorship for a Data Scientist with 3-7 years of hands-on experience, onsite in Abu Dhabi.

Data Science & Analytics Consultant

12-month on-site contract in Riyadh for a Data Science & Analytics Consultant with 10+ years experience to lead end-to-end data science and analytics projects, build predictive models and executive da…

Senior Data Scientist – Cards Marketing Analytics

1 year onsite contract in Jeddah for a Senior Data Science consultant with 7+ years in banking cards and marketing analytics covering segmentation, predictive modeling, campaign and portfolio analytic…

Data Engineer – Digital Transformation (DX)

Contract hire Data Engineer to build and maintain data pipelines and ETL, integrate plant and enterprise data, manage data warehouses/lakes and set data governance standards for an Oil & Gas digital t…

Abu Dhabi · AED 11,000 per month

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

12-month contract in Abu Dhabi to own ML products end-to-end: train, fine-tune and deploy classical and LLM models to production, build training/evaluation pipelines, work with MLOps on serving and mo…

SAP BusinessObjects / Power BI Developer

6-month contract in Abu Dhabi for an experienced BI developer to build and support SAP BusinessObjects universes, Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence reports and Power BI dashboards, with a focus on reg…

BI Technical Consultant (Tableau, Power BI & OBIEE)

24-month onsite contract in Saudi Arabia for a BI Technical Consultant with 10-15 years' experience to maintain Tableau, Power BI and OBIEE platforms, build dashboards, tune performance and integrate …

Saudi Arabia

12-month onsite contract in Abu Dhabi for a Data Scientist with Python, ML/DL, TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, NLP, Transformers, Hugging Face, Pandas, SQL, Spark, MLflow, Docker and REST APIs; UAE…

Tableau Developer

6-month contract in Dubai for a Tableau Developer with 3+ years of hands-on Tableau Desktop/Server experience, advanced SQL, data modeling and dashboard performance optimization, joining a data engine…

Hiring an experienced Data Scientist (7-10 years) for a 12-month onsite contract in Abu Dhabi, requiring Python, machine learning, deep learning (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn), NLP, Transformers,…

IT Service Level Manager

On-site contract role in Riyadh managing IT service performance across vendors, with responsibility for SLAs, KPIs, governance, financial oversight, budgeting and forecasting; requires 5-8+ years in I…

IT Capacity Manager

Contract, on-site role in Riyadh maintaining capacity baselines across workforce, infrastructure, software licences, cloud and managed services, including demand forecasting and management reporting; …

Data Scientist (Computer Vision)

12-month contract in Internet City, Dubai for a Data Scientist with 3-7 years of Computer Vision experience in Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, OpenCV, YOLO and RF-DETR to build and optimize AI models for …

Dubai · AED 8,000/month

Data Scientist (Computer Vision)

12-month contract for a Dubai-based Data Scientist to develop and fine-tune computer vision models (YOLO, PyTorch/TensorFlow, OpenCV) for a video analytics platform, with TensorRT/ONNX optimization an…

Dubai · AED 10000Aed

Budgeting & Reporting Analyst / Specialist

3-month contract (extendable) in Riyadh for a finance professional with budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, variance analysis and KPI monitoring skills; advanced Excel required, ERP and Power…