Senior Data Engineer: Lakehouse & AI Data Solutions

Maximus Gulf Recruitment Company LLC; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus is seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer in Riyadh to design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, high-performance enterprise data solutions across Microsoft Data Technologies and Modern Lakehouse platforms.

You will develop batch and real-time data pipelines, implement data warehouse and lakehouse architectures, ensure data quality and governance, and support analytics, reporting, AI, and ML initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or Diploma in IT, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering, ETL/ELT development, and SQL-based data solutions.
• 3+ years hands-on experience with Apache Spark or equivalent distributed processing platforms.
• Experience supporting Enterprise Data Warehouses (DWH) and Lakehouse platforms; analytics or AI environments.
• Experience with Microsoft Data Platform technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD, source control, automated testing, and deployment processes.
• Experience with Power BI or other enterprise reporting platforms.
• Fluent in English and Arabic.

Skills

Data Engineering

SQL

Stakeholder management

Communication

Mentoring

Analytics mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in IT/Software Engineering

Tools

SSIS

Microsoft SQL Server

Power BI

Trino

DataHub

MinIO

LakeFS

RBAC & Security Management

n8n

APIs & Webhooks

SSAS

Job description

Maximus is seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer in Riyadh to design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, high-performance enterprise data solutions across Microsoft Data Technologies and Modern Lakehouse platforms.

You will develop batch and real-time data pipelines, implement data warehouse and lakehouse architectures, ensure data quality and governance, and support analytics, reporting, AI, and ML initiatives.