Data Engineer

Entertainer Fz; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital company in Dubai is seeking a Data Engineer for a 6-month contract. The role involves building scalable data pipelines and ensuring data quality using Databricks and Azure Synapse Analytics. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in computer science and have at least 4 years of experience in similar roles, with strong SQL and Azure skills. This is a great opportunity to work with a dynamic team and contribute to exciting data-driven initiatives.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package

Opportunity to work with an energetic company

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience as a Data Engineer or similar role.
• Expertise in SQL with ability to write complex optimized queries.
• Strong hands-on experience with Databricks and Spark programming.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable data pipelines using Azure services.
• Optimize data models and data warehouses for performance.
• Implement data quality checks and documentation of processes.

Skills

SQL expertise

Data modeling

Data pipeline design

Problem-solving skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Databricks

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Data Factory

Python

Spark SQL

Job description

About Us

The ENTERTAINER is a leading digital company dedicated to adding value for consumers by bringing them the best incentive offers globally. We are a 100 digital datadriven tech company providing firstrate offers across renowned dining leisure entertainment and hotel brands worldwide. The ENTERTAINER has grown with the aim of creating unbeatable value and loyalty everywhere we operate. We believe that experience is everything and thats why we are passionate about creating unforgettable experiences for our customers partners and employees.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Data Engineer to join our growing Data Engineering this role you will be instrumental in building and maintaining our nextgeneration data platform focusing on realtime and batch data processing leveraging the power of Databricks and Azure Synapse Analytics. You will work with a variety of data sources design robust data pipelines and ensure data quality and accessibility for analytics and business intelligence initiatives. Strong SQL expertise is critical for this role as you will be working extensively with structured and semistructured data.

As a Data Engineer you will

• Design develop and maintain scalable and reliable data pipelines using Databricks Azure Data Factory and related Azure services to ingest process transform and load data from diverse sources (e.g. databases APIs streaming platforms cloud storage).
• Build and optimize data models and data warehouses in Azure Synapse Analytics ensuring performance scalability and data integrity for analytical workloads.
• Develop and implement data quality checks monitoring and alerting systems to ensure data accuracy completeness and reliability across the data platform.
• Write complex and efficient SQL queries for data extraction transformation and analysis in Databricks (Spark SQL) Azure Synapse (TSQL) and MySQL environments.
• Collaborate with data analysts other engineers Product and other departments to understand data requirements provide data solutions and support datadriven initiatives.
• Optimize data pipelines and Synapse workloads for performance and costefficiency.
• Implement data security and governance best practices within the data platform.
• Document data pipelines data models and ETL processes clearly and comprehensively.
• Stay up to date with the latest technologies and best practices in data engineering Databricks Azure Synapse and cloud data platforms.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data pipeline and data quality issues.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of our data platform architecture and infrastructure.

What were looking for

• Bachelors degree in computer science Data Science Engineering or a related field.
• 4 years of experience as a Data Engineer or similar role.
• Expertise in SQL and demonstrated ability to write complex optimized queries (SQL TSQL Spark SQL or similar).
• Strong handson experience with Databricks including Spark programming (Python Scala or Java) Delta Lake and Databricks Workflows/Jobs.
• Proven experience with Azure Synapse Analytics including data warehousing data modelling and performance tuning.
• Experience with Azure Data Factory or similar ETL/Data Orchestration tools.
• Solid understanding of data warehousing concepts data modelling principles (e.g. star schema snowflake schema) and ETL/ELT methodologies.
• Experience working with cloud environments particularly Microsoft Azure.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python or Scala.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git).
• Strong problemsolving and analytical skills with a datadriven approach.
• Excellent communication collaboration and documentation skills.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work with an energetic and innovative company.
• A chance to contribute to the success of a wellknown UAE brand.

• Please Note: This position is a 6month contract role and requires candidates to have their own valid UAE visa. Candidates without their own visa will not be considered for the role.

Required Experience

Senior IC