Lakehouse Platform Architect — AWS Data & AI

Deeplight; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 367,000 - 515,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialized AI consultancy is looking for a Lakehouse Platform Engineer to be the lead architect of their data systems. The role involves ensuring scalability and reliability of Lakehouse architecture, managing AWS Glue jobs, and optimizing for high-performance analytics. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data platform engineering, especially in financial services, and possess strong problem-solving abilities. This position offers competitive salary and opportunities for career growth within a rapidly growing AI company.

Benefits

Competitive salary and performance bonuses

Comprehensive health insurance

Professional development and certification support

Flexible working arrangements

Career advancement opportunities

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data platform engineering or related roles.
• Experience managing Lakehouse platforms on AWS.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize AWS Glue jobs and S3 configurations.
• Design and implement Disaster Recovery scenarios.
• Deploy self-service tooling for Data Factory squads.

Skills

Data platform engineering

AWS services (S3, Glue, CloudTrail, Athena)

Disaster recovery planning

Infrastructure automation using Terraform

Collaboration and communication

Tools

Apache Iceberg

OpenMetadata

Soda Core

Kafka (MSK)

OpenSearch

Jira

Job description

A specialized AI consultancy is looking for a Lakehouse Platform Engineer to be the lead architect of their data systems. The role involves ensuring scalability and reliability of Lakehouse architecture, managing AWS Glue jobs, and optimizing for high-performance analytics. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data platform engineering, especially in financial services, and possess strong problem-solving abilities. This position offers competitive salary and opportunities for career growth within a rapidly growing AI company.