- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Junior
- Department
- IT & Technology Systems
- Posted
- Nov 9, 2026
About Chalhoub Group
Founded in 1955 by Michel and Widad Chalhoub, Chalhoub Group has grown into a leading partner for luxury across the Middle East. Headquartered in Dubai, the family-owned group brings together international maisons and homegrown concepts across fashion, beauty and lifestyle, combining regional expertise with retail and distribution capabilities. As an employer, it offers career opportunities spanning client experience, brand management, merchandising, logistics and digital innovation. Its multicultural environment connects employees with the evolving expectations of luxury consumers, while its emphasis on learning, entrepreneurship and sustainability provides a distinctive setting for professionals seeking to shape the region’s luxury landscape.
The Associate Data Engineer supports the AI/ML squad by preparing training datasets, completing feature engineering, assisting with prompt design and API integration, and running model experiments. The role is based in Bengaluru and requires at least one year of relevant experience.
Role & Responsibilities
- Prepare, query, and clean model-training datasets using SQL and Python (Pandas, NumPy) in Jupyter Notebooks.
- Carry out basic feature engineering under the guidance of senior engineers.
- Assist with prompt design and test AI agents on the enterprise generative AI platform Alia.
- Support the development and testing of generative AI features using LLM APIs and AI tools.
- Support machine-learning model API integration via REST APIs.
- Run model training and evaluation experiments and record metrics and results.
- Assist with model monitoring and flag performance or data-quality issues to senior engineers.
- Document datasets, experiments, and observations to support reproducibility.
- Collaborate with AI/ML engineers and learn and apply engineering best practices.
Qualifications
- At least 1 year of experience in data science, machine learning, or a related technical area.
- Working proficiency in Python (Pandas, NumPy) and Jupyter Notebooks.
- Working knowledge of SQL for querying and preparing data.
- Foundational understanding of machine-learning concepts, feature engineering, and model evaluation.
- Exposure to generative AI and prompt design is an advantage.
- Familiarity with cloud AI platforms (Azure AI, Google Vertex AI, AWS SageMaker) and REST APIs.
- Familiarity with AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Cursor is an advantage.
Skills
Experience
Minimum 1 year in data science, machine learning, or a related technical area.
Workplace
The role is situated in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
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Benefits
Health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies, employee discounts, learning and development opportunities, exposure to different assignments, and internal mobility opportunities.
Culture
Chalhoub Group combines its heritage as a family-owned business with the dynamism of the Middle East’s luxury sector, fostering a multicultural workplace rooted in collaboration and long-term relationships. Its culture emphasizes continuous learning, entrepreneurial initiative and excellence in customer experience, encouraging employees to develop their expertise while contributing to the evolution of luxury retail.
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