Platform & Data Tech Lead | Enterprise AI Delivery

Contango; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Contango, Abu Dhabi-based, seeks a Platform, Engineering & Data Technical Lead to guide a major enterprise transformation. You will own the end-to-end technical solution across orchestration and data workstreams, shaping architecture, standards, and data foundations.

This role involves steering offshore teams and ensuring production readiness through go-live and stabilization. You will define data models, oversee ingestion and transformation of structured and unstructured data, and lead

Qualifications

• 10+ years across enterprise technology delivery, combining solution architecture, platform engineering, and data engineering.
• Experience leading multi-workstream programs spanning application and data domains.
• Hands-on with modern cloud data platforms and AI-enabled capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Act as senior technical interface to client stakeholders and vendors.
• Own end-to-end technical solution across orchestration and data workstreams; ensure architectural coherence.
• Define target data models, data quality controls, and go-live readiness.
• Lead offshore teams and manage go-live sign-off, cutover, and stabilization.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Databricks

Data engineering

Solution architecture

Leadership

AI/LLM

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure

Databricks

CI/CD

RBAC

Job description

Contango, Abu Dhabi-based, seeks a Platform, Engineering & Data Technical Lead to guide a major enterprise transformation. You will own the end-to-end technical solution across orchestration and data workstreams, shaping architecture, standards, and data foundations.

This role involves steering offshore teams and ensuring production readiness through go-live and stabilization. You will define data models, oversee ingestion and transformation of structured and unstructured data, and lead