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Here are the latest software developer contract jobs in Abu Dhabi that Freelance Radar found on LinkedIn. For every job you contact the person hiring directly, with no job board in between. There are 29 contract jobs live right now, and the list is updated continuously.

Updated on 17 October 2026

29

contract jobs live

+26

this week

Senior MLOps Engineer

12-month extendable contract to build, deploy and operate production-grade ML and LLM infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments, requiring 5-10 years MLOps/ML platform experience with v…

Full Stack Developer

3-month contract in Abu Dhabi for a Full Stack Developer with 4+ years in Java/Spring Boot, Linux, SQL/NoSQL, Jira, CI/CD and modern front-end frameworks (Angular, React or Vue.js); open to all.

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…

JAVA Fullstack Developer

12-month contract (possible long-term) onsite in Abu Dhabi for a Java Fullstack Developer with 5+ years' experience in Java/Spring Boot, Linux, SQL/NoSQL, Jira, Agile, CI/CD (Git, Jenkins, Artifactory…

Full Stack Developer

Short term contract for a Full Stack Developer in Abu Dhabi requiring strong Java and Spring Boot expertise in Linux environments, SQL/NoSQL databases, Jira, Agile, CI/CD and DevOps tooling (Git, Jenk…

Senior Integration Engineer

Design and build modular, reusable banking capability services and BIAN-aligned APIs on a Lean Core Banking platform, integrating core banking, CRM, AML, fraud, payments, cards and lending systems; re…

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.

Software Engineer

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

Senior Backend Engineer

Senior backend engineering role in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on a 12-month onsite contract, open to candidates currently based in the UAE.

Lead Backend Engineer

Lead backend engineering role in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on a 12-month onsite contract, open to candidates currently based in the UAE.

Staff Backend Engineer

Staff backend engineering role in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on a 12-month onsite contract, open to candidates currently based in the UAE.

Software Engineer (Java / Full Stack)

Immediately available Java/Full Stack engineer for a 3-month contract in Abu Dhabi working on AI-driven and mission-critical projects, requiring Java, Spring Boot, React/Angular/Vue, Linux, SQL, CI/CD…

Forward Deployed Engineer

Contract role in Abu Dhabi for a Mandarin-speaking Forward Deployed Engineer with 4+ years experience to deploy and integrate AI/software platforms for enterprise customers, requiring Python, APIs, mi…

Senior .NET Developer

12-month extendable contract in Abu Dhabi for a Senior .NET Developer with 10+ years experience in C#, ASP.NET Core, Azure, SQL Server and mandatory React or Angular, to build enterprise applications …

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…

Front-End Engineer / Full Stack

Contract hire under IDC employment and visa sponsorship for a Front-End Engineer / Full Stack with 5-9 years of hands-on experience, onsite in Abu Dhabi.

Palantir Foundry Developer

Palantir Foundry Developer with 3-5 years' experience needed for a 12-month extendable onsite contract in Abu Dhabi, covering data connections, ingestion pipelines, code repositories, ontology, worksh…

Onsite .NET Developer needed in Abu Dhabi for a 6-month extendable contract, requiring C#, .NET Core, web application and API development, and SQL Server skills; visa sponsorship handled by the staffi…

AI Security Engineer

12-month contract for an experienced AI Security Engineer in Abu Dhabi to secure AI, cloud and cybersecurity platforms, requiring Azure cloud security, AI/ML security and LLM vulnerability expertise, …

Senior MLOps Engineer

Build, deploy and operate production-grade ML and LLM infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments, on a 12 month extendable contract in Abu Dhabi; requires 5-10 years MLOps/ML platform ex…

Frontend Developer- React & Tailwind

12-month contract (possible extension) for an on-site frontend developer in Abu Dhabi with 10+ years experience, strong React.js, Tailwind CSS, TypeScript, Node.js, micro frontend architecture, monore…

Senior MLOps Engineer

12-month contract in Abu Dhabi to lead ML infrastructure and LLM deployment using vLLM/Triton, MLflow/Kubeflow pipelines, and cloud-native ML infra on AWS/Azure/GCP, requiring 5+ years MLOps experienc…

Gen AI Engineer (Microsoft Stack)

AI Engineer with 3-5 years experience for an AI transformation project building enterprise and agentic AI solutions using Python/C# (.NET), Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel/Auto…

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…

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…

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,…

AI Automation Engineer

2-year onsite contract in Abu Dhabi for an AI Automation Engineer with 5+ years overall and 2+ years in AI/ML to design Python-based intelligent automation, build and train ML/DL models, deploy on Azu…

Senior FircoSoft Engineer

6-month extendable onsite contract in Abu Dhabi for a Senior FircoSoft Engineer with 8-18 years SDLC and production support experience, 3-8 years hands-on FircoSoft (Firco Continuity, Firco Trust, FSK…