Data Engineer | Dubai, UAE | Remote

Selby Jennings; Dubai; Remote; AED 293,000 - 441,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology firm is seeking a Data Engineer to join their team remotely, aligned with Central European Time. The role involves designing and optimizing data infrastructure in Clickhouse, building data pipelines, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Candidates should have a strong background in Python, SQL, and data engineering principles, along with hands-on experience in data warehousing. Comprehensive benefits and a flexible work environment are offered.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of professional experience in data engineering or backend infrastructure.
• Mastery in Python and SQL, especially in complex joins and performance optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Clickhouse or similar columnar databases.
• Familiarity with workflow schedulers and Kafka architecture.
• Comfortable with CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain robust data pipelines for real-time and analytics processing.
• Manage and optimize Clickhouse data warehouse.
• Collaborate to ensure data quality and observability across critical pipelines.
• Build tooling and monitoring for business and technical metrics.
• Take ownership of scheduling and workflow orchestration.

Skills

Python

SQL

Clickhouse

CI/CD

Kafka

Tools

Argo Workflows

Apache Airflow

Grafana

Job description

Data Engineer

Selby Jennings Dubai, United Arab Emirates Apply now Posted 4 days ago Remote Job Permanent Negotiable

Data Engineer

Selby Jennings Dubai, United Arab Emirates Apply now

Our client is a leading player in the high frequency trading space, setting new standards in crypto trading using innovative strategies and cutting-edge technology. Our client is looking for a Data Engineer to join their high-calibre team on a remote basis, aligned with Central European time to build and maintain the data backbone of their trading platform.

You will be designing, maintaining and optimizing their well-architected data infrastructure in Clickhouse, including cluster performance and schema tuning to support business-critical data pipelines. This is a high-impact opportunity to work across the full data lifecycle, from ingestion to analytics, in close collaboration with Technology and Trading teams. You'll help offload operational responsibilities from the Data Architect and ensure continuity of key data flows as they expand their platform. If you're passionate about building robust data systems and enabling data-driven decision-making within a high-performing, cross-functional environment - this role is for you!

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain robust data pipelines to support real-time and batch processing to support internal analytics and ML projects.
• Manage and optimize our Clickhouse data warehouse, including cluster performance and schema tuning.
• Collaborate with backend engineers, trading teams, and data stakeholders to to ensure data quality, observability, and governance across critical pipelines.
• Support internal initiatives by building tooling and monitoring for business and technical metrics.
• Take ownership of scheduling and workflow orchestration (Argo, Airflow, etc.) and contribute to CI/CD automation.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of professional experience in data engineering or backend infrastructure.
• Mastery in Python and SQL, especially in complex joins, window functions, and performance optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Clickhouse (especially the MergeTree engine family) or similar columnar DBs.
• Familiarity with workflow schedulers (e.g., Argo Workflows, Airflow, or Kubeflow) and Kafka architecture for streaming messages
• Comfortable with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with monitoring and BI tools such as Grafana for technical/business dashboards.

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