Hybrid
Senior Data Engineer
Dubai
AED 30000 - AED 35000 per month
Permanent
We have partnered with a fast-growing fintech redefining how financial data is collected, processed and used to make smarter, faster decisions. As they scale their data platform to meet increasingly complex demands, they are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to take ownership of the architecture and pipelines that sit at the heart of their business.This is not a maintenance role; it is a greenfield opportunity to build modern, high-performance data infrastructure using the tools and practices shaping the industry right now.If you are the kind of engineer who gets excited about real-time data, clean architecture and working in an environment where your decisions actually matter, this is the role for you.About the role:Design, build and optimise scalable data pipelines handling high-volume, high-velocity financial data in real timeArchitect and maintain a modern data platform leveraging tools such as dbt, Apache Kafka, Spark and cloud-native servicesImplement and evolve data lakehouse patterns, working across structured and unstructured data at scaleDrive adoption of DataOps practices including pipeline testing, observability, lineage tracking and automated data quality frameworksCollaborate with data scientists, analysts and product teams to deliver data products that create tangible business valueChampion engineering best practices across version control, CI/CD, documentation and peer reviewContribute to platform and tooling decisions, with a genuine seat at the table on architectural direction About you:4 to 5 years of experience in data engineering, with a track record of building and scaling production data pipelinesStrong hands-on experience with modern data stack tooling, dbt, Airflow, Kafka, Spark or equivalentProficiency in Python and SQL, with an understanding of software engineering principles applied to dataExperience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure and familiarity with lakehouse architectures such as Delta Lake or Apache IcebergExposure to real-time or streaming data processing in a production environmentA solid understanding of data modelling, schema design and the principles of well-structured, trustworthy dataComfortable working in agile, fast-moving environments where priorities evolve quicklyFintech, banking or financial services experience is advantageous