Enterprise Data Modelling & Engineering Lead

Deeplight AI; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Visa sponsorship

Professional development and certifi c.

Subscription reimbursement

AI project work

Monthly incentive program

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

Deeplight AI is seeking an exceptionally skilled Data Modelling & Engineering Lead to own enterprise data models, definitions, pipeline code quality, and engineering standards across our major banking engagements in Dubai.

Supported by senior data engineers, you will bridge conceptual data structures and production-grade engineering while governing third-party vendor build quality and presenting confidently to C-level stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years hands-on data engineering and modelling experience.
• 4+ years leading engineering standards or platform teams in consultancies or major banks.
• Retail Banking environment experience (RBG).
• Experience building or modelling high-throughput, real-time data backends for consumer apps.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise data models, schemas, and business glossaries; ensure semantic consistency.
• Set platform and pipeline standards including CI/CD, testing, and environment strategies.
• Direct senior data engineers to ensure adoption of common components and patterns.
• Oversee vendor build quality; audit data artifacts before production release.
• Assure SteerCo content and progress claims; audit vendor completion and velocity.
• Validate estimates and investigate delays to distinguish code quality vs environment issues.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Retail banking expertise

Digital journeys & mobile apps

Data modelling mastery

Excellent communication skills

Senior stakeholder gravitas

Tools

SQL

Python

PySpark/Databricks

Snowflake/BigQuery

Kafka/Event Hubs

dbt

AWS/Azure

Job description

Deeplight AI is seeking an exceptionally skilled Data Modelling & Engineering Lead to own enterprise data models, definitions, pipeline code quality, and engineering standards across our major banking engagements in Dubai.

Supported by senior data engineers, you will bridge conceptual data structures and production-grade engineering while governing third-party vendor build quality and presenting confidently to C-level stakeholders.