Senior AI Data Engineer: Scalable Pipelines

Client of Salt; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 240,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of Salt is seeking a hands-on AI Data Engineer in Abu Dhabi to design and build scalable data infrastructures and pipelines powering advanced AI and analytics initiatives.

The role involves collaborating with Software Engineering and AI/ML teams to ensure high-quality, reliable and accessible data across structured and unstructured datasets. You will implement governance, validation and lineage throughout the data lifecycle and optimise pipelines for performance and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in Data Engineering, ETL development or Data Warehousing.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python and SQL.
• Experience with Airflow, dbt, Luigi or similar workflow orchestration technologies.
• Strong understanding of big data architectures and scalable data pipelines.
• Experience working with large-scale structured and unstructured datasets.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform: Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Strong understanding of data quality, validation, monitoring and governance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain robust ETL/ELT data pipelines across multiple data sources.
• Build and optimise scalable data workflows using technologies such as Airflow, dbt, Luigi or equivalent orchestration tools.
• Process and transform complex structured and unstructured datasets.
• Develop data solutions that support AI, ML and advanced analytics use cases.
• Implement data validation, testing, monitoring and quality frameworks.
• Diagnose data issues and proactively improve pipeline reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with AI/ML and Software Engineers to provide reliable and accessible data.
• Apply best practices around data governance, security, quality and lineage.
• Document data architectures, metadata and data flows to ensure transparency and reproducibility.
• Optimise data pipelines and infrastructure for scalability, performance and cost efficiency.

Skills

Python

SQL

Airflow

dbt

Luigi

Azure

AWS

GCP

Data governance

Data quality

Big data architectures

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline

Tools

Airflow

dbt

Luigi

Job description

Client of Salt is seeking a hands-on AI Data Engineer in Abu Dhabi to design and build scalable data infrastructures and pipelines powering advanced AI and analytics initiatives.

The role involves collaborating with Software Engineering and AI/ML teams to ensure high-quality, reliable and accessible data across structured and unstructured datasets. You will implement governance, validation and lineage throughout the data lifecycle and optimise pipelines for performance and cost efficiency.