Senior Data Engineer: Scale Data Pipelines & Analytics

Khalifa University; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university in the UAE is seeking a Data Engineer responsible for designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines for analytics and reporting. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience in data engineering roles, with hands-on skills in building ETL/ELT pipelines. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is required, and a Master's degree is advantageous. The role demands collaboration across teams to ensure data quality and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or backend engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Proven experience with Structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reliable data pipelines for batch and real-time processing.
• Ingest, transform, and curate data from multiple internal and external sources.
• Ensure data quality, completeness, and accuracy through validation, monitoring, and reconciliation checks.

Skills

ETL/ELT pipelines

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Data warehousing

Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree

Job description

A leading university in the UAE is seeking a Data Engineer responsible for designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines for analytics and reporting. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience in data engineering roles, with hands-on skills in building ETL/ELT pipelines. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is required, and a Master's degree is advantageous. The role demands collaboration across teams to ensure data quality and operational excellence.