Senior Data Engineer (Arabic Speaker)
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Summary
Senior Data Engineer (Arabic speaker) in Dubai owning production data pipelines end to end. Daily work spans data transformation/modeling, orchestration, ingestion, distributed processing, and lakehouse-style storage formats, with strong NoSQL, Linux, DevOps, security, and troubleshooting skills; requires 10+ years of data engineering experience.
Experience level: 10+ years hands-on data engineering with production pipeline ownership; at least one platform or system owned end to end.
MUST-HAVE SKILLS (screen For All Of These)
- Data transformation and modeling
- Orchestration
- Data ingestion and loading
- Query engine, storage, and table formats
- Programming and databases
- Non-relational / NoSQL databases (must-have, not just exposure)
- Data formats and semi-structured data
- Distributed processing
- Scripting, Linux, and connectivity
- Reliability patterns
- Security, governance, and secrets
- API and integration basics
- Platform, deployment, and DevOps
- Operations and troubleshooting
NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS (differentiators, Not Filters)
- Nessie or other data catalog versioning; Iceberg / Delta internals
- Apache Kafka or equivalent event streaming; streaming ingestion patterns
- Metadata management, data lineage, audit framework design
- API integration platforms (iPaaS); OAuth2, API-key authentication models
- Data governance, data classification, regulated or government data experience
- Experience taking over or stabilizing a vendor-built / handed-over platform
- Arabic working proficiency