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Data Engineer (6 months contract) Digital, Technology & Data · Abu Dhabi

Contango · Remote (US) · Remote

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About the role

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable, secure, and reliable data pipelines and platforms that power analytics and AI solutions for companies in the UAE. The role is hands-on and client-facing, owning data solutions end-to-end — from architecture and development to production and hypercare – on cloud and on-premise. Design, build, and maintain scalable batch and streaming data pipelines (ETL/ELT) that move data reliably from source systems to analytics and AI workloads.

More about this role

Contract duration: 6 months (with a potential extension)

Engagement Type: Full-time

Start date: August/September 2026

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable, secure, and reliable data pipelines and platforms that power analytics and AI solutions for companies in the UAE. The role is hands-on and client-facing, owning data solutions end-to-end — from architecture and development to production and hypercare – on cloud and on-premise.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain scalable batch and streaming data pipelines (ETL/ELT) that move data reliably from source systems to analytics and AI workloads.

Build and optimize data models, databases, data warehouses, and lakehouse architectures (e.g., Databricks, Microsoft SQL Server) for performance and cost.

Develop and tune distributed processing jobs using Spark/PySpark, including cluster management and optimization.

Ensure data quality and data governance across the full data lifecycle (collection, access, storage, transformation, retention).

Productionize pipelines with CI/CD, orchestration (e.g., Airflow, Azure Data Factory), monitoring, and alerting.

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