Data Engineer for Big Data, AI/ML on AWS

Remotedxb; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Nava seeks an experienced data engineer in Dubai to design scalable data models and ETL pipelines for government modernization. You will collaborate across engineering, design, and product teams to deliver secure, high-performance data systems on cloud platforms.

Bring 6+ years of software engineering, strong SQL and Python, data modeling, observability, and experience with Databricks/Snowflake to drive compliant data flows.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience with Agile, TDD, CI/CD, and Source Code Management.
• Experience building ETL pipelines to ingest, process, and store data.
• Proficiency in Python for data processing and server-side use cases.
• Experience with data cleaning, modeling, and schema design.
• Proficiency with relational databases and advanced SQL (PostgreSQL).
• Experience with data observability tools.
• Ability to work with API and file-based data integrations.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Partner with government stakeholders and engineering, design, and product teams to modernize data architectures and pipelines
• Design and implement scalable data models and databases
• Improve pipeline performance and security
• Build systems that support the storage, processing, and analysis of large-scale data
• Work with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications
• Develop data engineering applications for advanced analytics, AI/ML, and experimentation
• Design, develop, test, automate, and deploy solutions on cloud platforms like AWS
• Participate in software design and code reviews
• Develop automated testing, monitoring, alerting, and CI/CD for production systems

Skills

Python

SQL

PostgreSQL

Data pipelines

CI/CD

TDD

Agile

Version control

Data observability

APIs

Databricks

Snowflake

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

Nava seeks an experienced data engineer in Dubai to design scalable data models and ETL pipelines for government modernization. You will collaborate across engineering, design, and product teams to deliver secure, high-performance data systems on cloud platforms.

Bring 6+ years of software engineering, strong SQL and Python, data modeling, observability, and experience with Databricks/Snowflake to drive compliant data flows.