Dubai Data Governance Engineer: AI-Driven Access & Quality

Talabat Holding; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

talabat is seeking a Data Governance Engineer in Dubai to establish and strengthen governance across its data ecosystem. You will define data access policies, build catalogs, and ensure compliant, discoverable data while enabling teams to use trusted information.

You will collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Science, Finance, Operations and Product to improve discovery, access controls and business definitions, using AI tools like Claude and semantic layers to automate governance while

Qualifications

• Extensive practical experience in data governance, data modeling, data quality or compliance.
• Experience in regulated or rapidly evolving environments.
• Understanding of data governance frameworks (DAMA/DMBOK) and ISO standards.
• Ability to establish policies, evaluate risks and make governance decisions.
• Practical understanding of how governance affects data accessibility.
• Strong SQL, data modeling and semantic layer skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data catalogs covering critical data assets.
• Develop semantic layers to aid discovery and understanding of trusted data.
• Establish documentation standards for datasets and metadata.
• Define RBAC frameworks and access policies across regions and zones.
• Review data access requests and balance security with accessibility.
• Monitor data quality and enforce governance standards across domains.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering and Data Science to implement governance.

Skills

SQL

Data Modeling

Semantic Layers

RBAC / Access Control

Governance

Data Catalogs

AI Tools for Governance

Documentation

Tools

Claude

LookML

BigQuery

Job description

talabat is seeking a Data Governance Engineer in Dubai to establish and strengthen governance across its data ecosystem. You will define data access policies, build catalogs, and ensure compliant, discoverable data while enabling teams to use trusted information.

You will collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Science, Finance, Operations and Product to improve discovery, access controls and business definitions, using AI tools like Claude and semantic layers to automate governance while