Senior Data Engineer I

HungerStation | هنقرستيشن; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Personal educational budget

Access to e-learning platform

Job summary

A leading food delivery platform in Riyadh is seeking a Senior Data Engineer I to design and scale data platforms that power analytics and business intelligence. The role involves building high-performance data pipelines, optimizing datasets, and collaborating with teams to ensure data quality. Candidates should have 5-8 years of experience in Data Engineering, knowledge of GCP and SQL, and familiarity with modern data stacks. This position offers relocation support and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in Data Engineering or similar roles.
• Strong experience building scalable distributed data systems.
• Proven experience with ETL/ELT pipelines and data modeling.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and extend scalable data platforms and architectures.
• Build and maintain high-performance data pipelines using BigQuery.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data quality.

Skills

Data Engineering

ETL/ELT

SQL

Google Cloud Platform

Python

Java

BigQuery

AI-driven applications

CI/CD practices

Terraform

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Master’s degree or relevant certifications

Tools

Airflow

dbt

Looker

Job description

Hungerstation is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform. Our mission is to deliver an amazing experience—fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in around 65 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index.

Job Description

HungerStation is hiring a Senior Data Engineer I to design, build, and scale our data platform and processing frameworks that power analytics, AI-driven applications, and business intelligence across the organization. This role sits at the core of our data ecosystem focusing on scalability, reliability, and performance of data systems.

You Will Be Working On

• Design, implement, and extend scalable data platforms and architectures
• Build and maintain high-performance data pipelines and data models using BigQuery
• Optimize datasets and workloads for performance and cost efficiency
• Develop analytics-ready data models, semantic layers, and governed metrics
• Build backend services and APIs using Python or Java to support data applications
• Contribute to AI-enabled data use cases (e.g., automated insights, conversational analytics)
• Improve system reliability by addressing technical debt and scaling challenges
• Implement best practices across CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and deployment automation
• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure supporting the data platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data quality and engineering standards
• Ensure compliance with data governance, privacy, and security standards
• Improve monitoring frameworks and operational resilience of the data platform
• Support initiatives to enhance data quality, reliability, and system stability

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in Data Engineering or similar roles
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Master’s or relevant certifications are a plus
• Strong experience building scalable distributed data systems
• Hands-on with GCP (BigQuery preferred)
• Proven experience with ETL/ELT pipelines and data modeling
• Experience with modern data stack (Airflow, dbt, Looker)
• Strong SQL skills and understanding of relational data systems
• Experience with Python or Java for backend/data services
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform preferred)
• Experience with CI/CD, testing, and monitoring practices
• Exposure to AI-driven data applications or LLM integrations is a plus

Additional Information

• We offer relocation support globally to our permanent employees.
• Exchange ideas and meet 2000+ colleagues from different teams within Delivery Hero in our active guilds and through our global tech and product community.
• Develop your skills with your personal educational budget for conferences and external training.
• Access our e-learning platform LinkedIn and participate in our various in-house training programs
• And much more…