Senior Data Engineer
Job Fit Check
Base Career helps you apply smarter for this job.
Key skills for this role
About the Role
Job Description Synopsis This individual will work with cross‑functional product teams to design, implement, and support modern data platforms leveraging Databricks and related technologies.
Key Skills for This Role
Full Job Posting
Synopsis
This individual will work with cross‑functional product teams to design, implement, and support modern data platforms leveraging Databricks and related technologies.
The role requires expertise in Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables (DLT), and Lakeflow, combined with strong skills in PySpark, Structured Streaming, Autoloader, and DQX.
A solid background in CI/CD, Terraform, DevOps, and DataOps practices is essential.
The engineer will drive platform reliability, scalability, and automation across cloud environments, ensuring robust analytics and data science capabilities.
Accountabilities
- Treat the data platform as a core product, ensuring scalability, reliability, and innovation.
- Collaborate with Architecture on the development and prioritization of the Databricks‑based platform roadmap.
- Integrate new services such as Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and DLT into the platform ecosystem.
- Prepare and maintain documentation for Databricks workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
- Partner with stakeholders to resolve platform‑related technical issues and identify areas for improvement.
- Implement internal process improvements: automate ingestion with Autoloader, optimize streaming with Structured Streaming, and enforce data quality with DQX.
- Adopt Agile and DevOps practices, ensuring CI/CD pipelines and Terraform‑based infrastructure are production‑ready.
- Provide operational support for Databricks clusters, jobs, and pipelines.
- Perform fallout & impact analysis, ensure recovery of impacted transactions, and provide business impact reports for production incidents.
- Propose new ideas and technologies to foster continuous improvement and enhance user experience.
- Define, share, and drive adoption of best practices for DataOps and cloud‑native data engineering.
Education & Experience
- 6+ years of experience as a Data/Platform Engineer, with proven expertise in Databricks and modern data lakehouse architectures.
- Graduate degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related quantitative field.
- Hands‑on knowledge of PySpark, Structured Streaming, Autoloader, DQX, and Databricks workflows.
- Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, DevOps, and DataOps practices.
- Ability to troubleshoot and solve complex problems across distributed data systems.
- Experience working with Linux, shell scripting, public cloud platforms, and big data technologies.
- Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with cross‑functional teams in Agile environments.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and eagerness to learn new technologies.
Additional Information
Etihad Airways is more than the UAE’s national airline - we’re shaping the future of global aviation.
From our hub in Abu Dhabi, we connect people across continents and cultures, while driving our “Journey 2030” ambition to double our fleet, expand our network and grow our people for a new era of excellence.
Join us and become part of a vision where the world is your workplace and extraordinary experiences take flight.
To learn more visit www.etihad.com
Recruitment Fraud Alert
Beware of fraudulent job offers from individuals or organizations claiming to represent the Etihad group.
We will never ask for personal information, bank details, or payment during the recruitment process.
Interviews are conducted face-to-face or via video/telephone before any formal offer.
If you are asked for money, please treat it as fraudulent.
Job Details
Role Level: Not Applicable Work Type: Full-Time Country: United Arab Emirates City: Abu Dhabi Company Website: http://www.etihad.com Job Function: Data Science & AI Company Industry/
About The Company
Searching, interviewing and hiring are all part of the professional life.
The TALENTMATE Portal idea is to fill and help professionals doing one of them by bringing together the requisites under One Roof.
Whether you're hunting for your Next Job Opportunity or Looking for Potential Employers, we're here to lend you a Helping Hand.
Report
Disclaimer: talentmate.com is only a platform to bring jobseekers & employers together.
Applicants are advised to research the bonafides of the prospective employer independently.
We do NOT endorse any requests for money payments and strictly advice against sharing personal or bank related information.
We also recommend you visit Security Advice for more information.
If you suspect any fraud or malpractice, email us at abuse@talentmate.com.
Apply for this job in 1 click
Skip the repetitive application forms
Install the Base Career Chrome Extension and autofill job applications across major job boards with your profile.
Trusted by over 500,000 job seekers on Base Career
More from this employer
More jobs at TALENTMATE
Senior Institutional Sales - MENA
Dubai, UAE
Job Description Job Description We offer fully digitalized services that are used by a wide spectrum of segments in the financial industry including: retail banks, private banks, wealth managers, financial advisors, fami
Senior HR Generalist
Dubai, UAE
KBR is seeking an experienced Senior HR Generalist for their Dubai office to manage HR operations, compensation, benefits, talent acquisition, and employee relations. The role requires 12+ years of experience with strong
Internship - Business Planning And Analysis Coordinator - Hermès Perfume And Beauty - Dubaï M W
Dubai, UAE
TALENTMATE is seeking an Internship - Business Planning and Analysis Coordinator to support two Area Managers for local markets at Hermès Perfume and Beauty in Dubai. Responsibilities include monitoring business plans, m
Technical HSE Specialist
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Worley is seeking a Technical HSE Specialist for a mega Oil & Gas project in Abu Dhabi. The role requires 15+ years of experience in Loss Prevention Engineering, ADNOC project experience, and offshore project experience.
Resident Engineer Bridges And Infrastructure - Dubai
Dubai, UAE
Zutari seeks an experienced Resident Engineer for major infrastructure works in Dubai. The role requires strong bridge and road infrastructure experience, RTA approval, and the ability to lead site supervision. Ideal can
Construction Supervisor-Mechanical
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Worley seeks a Construction Supervisor - Mechanical for a project in Abu Dhabi. The role involves supervising mechanical construction activities, coordinating with EPC contractors, and ensuring compliance with safety and
Build And Release Engineer
Dubai, UAE
TALENTMATE is recruiting a Build and Release Engineer for a client to oversee build and deployment processes. The role involves setting up build tools, implementing continuous integration, and managing deployment pipelin
Engineer - Ground Station Space42
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Space42 seeks an Engineer Ground Station to maintain RF gateway systems for satellite communication. The role involves monitoring performance, troubleshooting RF connectivity, and ensuring system reliability. Requires a
Senior Institutional Sales - MENA
Dubai, UAE
Senior HR Generalist
Dubai, UAE
Internship - Business Planning And Analysis Coordinator - Hermès Perfume And Beauty - Dubaï M W
Dubai, UAE
Technical HSE Specialist
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Resident Engineer Bridges And Infrastructure - Dubai
Dubai, UAE
Construction Supervisor-Mechanical
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Build And Release Engineer
Dubai, UAE
Engineer - Ground Station Space42
Abu Dhabi, UAE