# Backend AI Developer (Smart Home & Agentic Systems) > The Greater Change · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Full-time · Posted 2026-11-07 **Workplace:** on_site **Department:** The Greater Change ## Description ### Job Title **Backend AI Developer (Smart Home & Agentic Systems)** ### About the Client Our client is a Dubai-based real estate developer building technology-led, future-ready living environments. They combine design, advanced engineering and intelligent systems to create smarter homes and communities. Innovation, local-first AI and data-driven living sit at the core of how they build. They are now establishing a specialist engineering team to bring agentic intelligence into the physical home. ### Role Overview We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Backend AI Developer to lead the design, development and orchestration of our next-generation agentic smart home platform. In this role, you will bridge the gap between physical smart home hardware, modern local data lakes, and cutting-edge local and cloud AI models. You will be responsible for creating autonomous, context-aware digital twins and agentic assistants that make spaces truly intelligent. If you are passionate about local-first AI, edge computing, smart home automation, and rapid prototyping workflows using modern AI-augmented coding tools, this role is designed for you. ### Technical Stack & Ecosystem - **AI & Agents:** OpenClaw, Nous Hermes (LLMs), ElevenLabs (voice synthesis), vision frameworks (OpenCV, Vision LLMs), Claude, Cursor, Ollama, LMStudio, OpenCode - **Smart Home:** Home Assistant (custom integrations, Assist pipeline, WebSocket APIs, AppDaemon) - **Languages:** Python (core backend), React JS (dashboard and control interfaces), TypeScript - **Data Engineering:** DuckDB, Apache Parquet (local analytical data lakes) - **Infrastructure:** Docker, Proxmox VE (LXC, VM provisioning, GPU passthrough), Linux systems ### Key Responsibilities **1\. AI & Agentic Orchestration** - Design, deploy and refine multi-agent systems using frameworks like OpenClaw and open-source models like Hermes, running locally via Ollama or LMStudio. - Integrate multi-modal vision frameworks (e.g., OpenCV, vision-capable LLMs) to process security cameras, identify contextual events and generate real-time situational awareness. - Implement lifelike, low-latency conversational voice interfaces using ElevenLabs APIs and streaming audio pipelines. - Leverage AI-assisted coding tools like Cursor and Claude to accelerate engineering velocity and maintain high-quality code. **2\. Smart Home Automation & Integration** - Build deep integrations and custom components for Home Assistant to orchestrate sensors, switches, climate control and media devices. - Extend Home Assistant’s native Assist pipeline, or develop standalone custom agents that interact natively with the home’s state. - Work with real-time communication protocols, including MQTT, WebSockets and HTTP REST APIs. **3\. Local Data Lake & Engineering** - Architect a local, high-performance data lake using DuckDB and Parquet to ingest, store and analyze thousands of sensor data points and telemetry events. - Implement analysis pipelines to detect anomalies, optimize energy usage and predict environmental and behavioral trends. - Create vector databases and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) indices to feed local, home-specific context directly into agent memory. **4\. Infrastructure & DevOps** - Manage a self-hosted server environment virtualized under Proxmox VE, utilizing LXC containers and VMs. - Containerize applications using Docker and manage multi-container orchestration. - Configure hardware passthrough (e.g., GPU passthrough for local LLM inference, Coral USB TPU for vision processing). **5\. Frontend & UI Support** - Develop clean, high-performance, responsive custom dashboards and configuration portals in React JS to visualize agent states, telemetry and system controls. ## Requirements ### Required Experience & Skills - **Experience:** 3+ years of professional software development experience, with a heavy focus on AI integration, backend architecture and/or IoT. - **Agentic System Expertise:** Proven track record of building autonomous systems (multi-agent orchestration, tool-use/function-calling, RAG and memory management). - **Core Languages:** Deep expertise in Python (asyncio, FastAPI, Pydantic) and comfort with React JS for building functional user interfaces. - **Infrastructure Mindset:** Strong competency in self-hosting, Linux administration and virtualization using Docker and Proxmox VE. - **Data Savvy:** Experience working with modern analytical file formats (Parquet) and databases (DuckDB) for high-performance data processing. - **AI Tooling Fluent:** Active user of AI-augmented development environments (Cursor, Claude, OpenCode tools) to maximize engineering velocity. ### Preferred / Bonus Qualifications - Active contributions to open-source projects, particularly in the Home Assistant, Ollama, OpenClaw or agentic AI ecosystems. - Hands-on experience with hardware protocols: Zigbee, Z-Wave, ESPHome, or custom PCB/microcontroller programming. - Advanced knowledge of edge AI deployment, quantization and local model tuning. ### Why Join Us - **State-of-the-Art Work:** Work at the cutting edge of local-first AI and agentic systems. - **Ownership:** Complete autonomy over the software and hardware stack. - **Innovation-First:** A culture that encourages experimentation, self-hosting and pushing the boundaries of what home intelligence means. ## Benefits ### Compensation & Benefits - **Competitive Tax-Free Salary:** A market-leading monthly package in AED, commensurate with experience. - **Performance Incentives:** Rewards linked to quality and delivery outcomes, subject to Company Internal Policy. - **Visa & Medical Insurance:** Full UAE visa sponsorship and comprehensive health cover. - **Paid Leave:** As per Company Internal Policy and UAE Labour Law. - **Annual Flight Ticket & End-of-Service Gratuity:** As per UAE market practice and Labour Law. - **Top-Tier Tooling:** Modern hardware, local GPU infrastructure and AI-augmented development tools. - **Learning & Career Growth:** Certification and conference support, with a clear path to leadership. - **Autonomy & Impact:** Own the platform from the ground up and shape how AI is deployed in the physical home. ## Apply [Apply at The Greater Change](https://apply.workable.com/the-greater-change-1/j/82E5C0E15B/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)