Database Engineer - UAE

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Full-Time
  • On-Site

Job Description:

Note: Only professionals living in the UAE apply for this job (Any Nationality)

We're looking for a skilled Database Engineer to design, build, and optimize the data systems that power our products and analytics. You'll work across cloud-native infrastructure, real-time pipelines, and AI-ready data architecture — playing a critical role in our engineering team.

What you'll do

  • Design and manage relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB)
  • Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines and data models for analytics and reporting
  • Optimize cloud data warehouses — Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, or BigQuery
  • Implement real-time streaming using Apache Kafka or Flink
  • Support AI/ML pipelines, including vector databases (Pinecone, pgvector)
  • Drive data governance, security, and performance tuning across environments
  • Apply DataOps practices — CI/CD, Terraform, and observability tooling

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years in database or data engineering roles
  • Strong SQL skills — query optimization, indexing, stored procedures
  • Proficiency in Python for pipeline development and scripting
  • Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP data services
  • Familiarity with Apache Spark, dbt, and Airflow
  • BSc in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
  • AWS/GCP Data Engineer or Snowflake SnowPro certification is a plus