Data Architect – AI & Enterprise Data Platforms

About the role

Our client, a leading financial services organization in Abu Dhabi, is looking for an experienced Data Architect to join its AI function. You will design and build robust, enterprise‑scale data architectures and pipelines that support both operational reporting and advanced analytical use cases.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines that ingest, cleanse and transform data from diverse sources.
• Ensure data reliability, accessibility and performance for business and analytical workloads.
• Collaborate with software engineering and AI/ML teams to apply best practices in data governance, security and quality.
• Continuously improve pipeline reliability, identify bottlenecks and document data lineage, architecture and metadata.

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering or data architecture.
• Proven track record delivering AI‑related use cases on Databricks or similar platforms.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities with clear communication of technical concepts.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.

Required skills

• Databricks (or equivalent big‑data platform)
• Airflow, Luigi or dbt for pipeline orchestration and transformation
• Advanced SQL for data manipulation and querying
• Python programming
• Scala or Java
• Experience with cloud‑based data platforms