AI Data Engineer

Michael Page

UAE

Posted
Ref: HP350-9372

Job description / Role

Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
UAE
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
IT - Software & Web Development
Company Industry
Finance, Investment & Asset Management

In this role, you will design, build, and maintain a robust data ecosystem that powers investment research and internal decision?making. You'll partner closely with engineering, research, and product teams to create high?quality, scalable data solutions.

This is a hands?on opportunity to influence data strategy, optimise infrastructure, and introduce modern tooling across the enterprise.

Client Details

A financial services organisation that is rooted in a culture that values meaningful work, collaboration, and long?term impact.

Description

* Build data foundations that support LLM?powered applications and ML?driven workflows.
* Design, build, and manage enterprise data pipelines, models, and infrastructure.
* Acquire, cleanse, normalise, and enrich datasets from multiple sources.
* Collaborate with quantitative researchers and investment teams to meet data needs.
* Monitor, optimise, and document data systems, ensuring quality, performance, and security.
* Drive best practices in data governance, compliance, and platform enhancement.

Job Offer

* Competitive salary package
* Opportunity to work in a large organisation within the financial services sector.
* Professional growth and development in a supportive environment.

Requirements:

* 6 years' experience in financial/quantitative data engineering within leading firms.
* Strong skills in SQL, Python, data modeling, and modern data warehousing platforms.
* Hands?on experience with Airflow, Terraform, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
* Familiarity with financial datasets such as Bloomberg, FactSet, S&P Global, and MSCI.
* Excellent communication, problem?solving, and ability to work across technical and non?technical teams.

About the Company

Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal

The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.

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Senior Data Engineer salaries in UAE

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AED 17,500

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