[ref. t17245721] Senior Data Engineer - AI Focused
Job Description
Senior Data Engineer AI-Focused | Dubai (Hybrid)
**Must be already based in the UAE**
Were looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join a fast-growing tech start-up in the UAE, think industrial operations combined with a lot of AI...
You&aposll be playing a key role in building infrastructure to power the future of AI-driven operations
This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives in designing and building modern data systems that not only support strong governance and warehousing - but also enable rapid AI experimentation and productisation.
You&aposll come in and lead the Data Engineering function for the business. This isn&apost a role for someone that relies on a big Data Engineering team - you need to be capable of steering the ship yourself and having a huge impact in a fast-paced environment.
Youll work closely with machine learning engineers, data scientists, and product teams to build and maintain data infrastructure that powers intelligent decision-making at scale.
What&aposs in it for you
AED 35k-40k
Hybrid working flexibility
Annual flight tickets
VISA + Medical for you and the family
ESOP
What You&aposll Be Doing- Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and feature stores to support AI/ML workflows
- Own the development of structured and unstructured datasets for training and inference use cases
- Implement and uphold data governance, cataloging, lineage, and privacy best practices
- Collaborate with AI teams to understand experimental needs and deliver appropriate datasets in automated, reproducible ways
- Maintain and optimize our client&aposs modern data stack, including data warehousing and orchestration tools
- Shape the future of data architecture for real-time, batch, and streaming applications
- 6+ years of experience in data engineering
- Experience working within a fast-paced start-up, owning the data engineering operations
- Strong background with SQL, Python, and data modeling
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native data tooling (must have experience with AWS/GCP)
- Proven experience with tools like: dbt, Airflow, Snowflake, BigQuery, Kafka, Spark
- Familiarity with ML data workflows building datasets for LLMs, CV models, time-series prediction, etc
- Exposure to MLOps tools like MLflow, Vertex AI, or SageMaker is a strong plus
- Deep understanding of data quality, versioning, and reproducibility in AI settings
Think you&aposre a good fit Apply today and if you&aposre a good fit, we will reach out