She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Islamic Law, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia. She has previously been the Deputy Director of the Islamic Banking and Finance Institute at the same university.

She is a Member of Shariah Advisory Boards of Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad. Dr Uzaimah has created many research papers in the field of Islamic Commercial Law, Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic Banking Law, Derivatives, and Securitisation. She also presented many times at seminars, workshops, and has made entries in the Malaysian Law Journal.