Senior Data Engineer (Data & AI)

SiFi - Simplified Financial Solutions Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

SiFi - Simplified Financial Solutions Company in Riyadh seeks a Senior Data Engineer to build and scale the data platform end-to-end.

You will own data modeling, warehouse architecture, and AI-ready infrastructure, partnering with Finance, Product, Engineering, and Compliance to ensure trusted metrics and scalable data products.

Based in Saudi Arabia with relocation assistance, this high-ownership role requires independent problem-solving and a passion for data quality and governance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering or Analytics Engineering.
• Strong SQL expertise with hands-on data modeling experience.
• Experience with cloud data warehouses such as BigQuery.
• Experience with modern transformation frameworks such as dbt or SQLMesh.
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-moving startup.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain scalable data models in SQL.
• Establish structured warehouse layers and modeling best practices.
• Own KPI definitions and ensure a single source of truth.
• Design and evolve our data warehouse architecture in BigQuery.
• Build production-grade AI/ML pipelines ensuring data quality and governance.
• Translate business requirements into robust data systems.

Skills

SQL

Data Modeling

BigQuery

dbt

Python

Tools

BigQuery

dbt

SQLMesh

Job description

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Posted on 09/16/2026

We are building the next-generation Office of the CFO thatsimplifies finance for all businesses.

SiFiis a corporate expense management platformdesigned to empower accounting teams with seamless control over corporatespending. Our platform allows companies to issue cards with specific spendingrestrictions, ensuring funds are used efficiently and only for approvedexpenses.

As we scale, trusted data becomes core infrastructurepowering financial correctness, operational visibility, andAI-poweredautomation.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to help define andscale the foundation ofSiFi’sdata platform.

You will be part of the Data & AI team and serve as akey partner to Finance, Product, Engineering, Operations, and Compliance.Yourprimary responsibility will be todesign and own our data platform,modeling standards, and AI-ready infrastructure, ensuring that metricsareaccurate, scalable, and trusted across the organization.

This is a high-ownership role focused on building financialdata infrastructure from first principles.

This role is based in Saudi Arabia(Relocation).

What You Will Own

Data Modeling and Standards

• Defineandmaintainscalable data models in SQL
• Establishstructured warehouse layers and modeling best practices
• OwnKPI definitions and ensurea single sourceof truth
• Ensurefinancial correctness and metric consistency

Warehouse Architecture

• Designand evolve our cloud data warehouse inBigQuery
• Owntransformation workflows usingdbt,SQLMesh, or similar tools
• Optimizeperformance,reliability, and cost
• Designand support production-grade AI/ML pipelines ensuring model performance,data integrity, and compliance.

Reliability and Governance

• Ensuredata quality, integrity, and observability
• Implementaccess controls aligned with compliance requirements
• Builda scalable foundation readyfor advanced analy tics and AI
  

Cross-Functional Impact

• Translatebusiness requirements into robust data systems
• Enabletrusted reporting and BI across teams
• Supportexperimentation and AI-driven initiativeswith well-structureddatasets

Requirements

What We Are Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering or Analytics Engineering
• Strong SQLexpertisewith hands-on data modeling experience
• Experience with cloud data warehouses such asBigQuery
• Experience with modern transformation frameworks such asdbtorSQLMesh
• Experience building or supportingproduction-grade AI/ML pipelinesis a strong plus
• Ability tooperateindependently in a fast-moving startup
• Operateswith high agency, taking end-to-end ownership of complex problems and delivering outcomes