At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a dynamic team to modernise data solutions and build scalable data pipelines.
- Company: Leading organisation in the UAE focused on cloud data transformation.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, hands-on experience, and opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology.
- Other info: Fully onsite role in Khalifa City with excellent career growth potential.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by optimising data platforms and enhancing your engineering skills.
- Qualifications: 5+ years of Databricks experience, strong Python and SQL skills required.
Location
UAE (Fully Onsite) - Khalifa City
Contract
Initial 3 Months
Rate
Up to €420 per day
We're supporting a leading organisation in the UAE that is entering the final phase of a major cloud data platform transformation. They are seeking an experienced
Data Engineer to join the team on a contract basis and help deliver critical migration and platform optimisation activities.
This is a hands‑on engineering role focused on modernising legacy data solutions, building scalable data pipelines, and supporting the completion of a Databricks‑based data platform.
You'll work alongside an established Agile engineering team, taking ownership of technical deliverables and contributing to the successful transition of the platform into operational support.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and ingestion frameworks.
- Migrate legacy data ingestion processes to modern Databricks solutions.
- Refactor existing data models to align with engineering best practices.
- Optimise Databricks environments, including cluster performance and governance.
- Support the decommissioning of legacy data platform components.
- Participate in testing, validation, deployments, code reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Produce high-quality technical documentation and contribute to operational readiness.
- Work closely with the engineering team within an Agile delivery environment.
- Required Skills & Experience
- Strong commercial experience with
- Databricks
(5+ years preferred).
• Hands‑on experience with
- Delta Live Tables (DLT)
- Auto Loader
- Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs)
- Cluster optimisation and policy management
- Experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF).
- Strong Python and SQL development skills.
- Solid Git/source control experience.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Dev Ops practices.
- Experience designing and delivering scalable data engineering solutions.
- Strong understanding of testing, validation, and production deployment processes.
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