Paymob is hiring a Senior Senior ML Engineer — payments fraud on the Risk & fraud AI team (Hybrid · Cairo, Egypt). This is a hands-on role in LLM & generative AI—not a generic “AI enthusiast” post.
You will own LLM features, retrieval, agents, and evaluation end to end: problem framing, offline evaluation, safe rollout, and iteration from production signals. Success is measured with clear metrics (quality, latency, cost, or business KPIs)—not slide decks alone.
**Paymob** is Egypt's leading **payments** fintech — POS, wallets, and merchant services from **Smart Village, Cairo**.
Senior ML Engineer (hybrid Cairo): **fraud detection**, **merchant risk**, and **Arabic support** NLP for MENA expansion.
About Paymob
- YC-backed fintech scaling across Egypt and the Gulf.
- Smart Village campus hosts product and data teams.
- Regulatory compliance with CBE and partner acquirers.
What you will do
- Build real-time fraud models on transaction graphs.
- Deploy LLM assistants for merchant onboarding support.
- Monitor model drift across new markets and channels.
Stack & environment
- Python, PyTorch, LangChain, PostgreSQL, AWS.
- Hybrid Cairo; Arabic and English.
What we look for
- 4+ years ML in fintech or payments.
- Eligible to work in Egypt.