Data Modelling & Engineering Lead

The opportunity

What you’ll do

• Own and maintain canonical data models, schemas, and business glossaries to ensure semantic consistency across project streams.
• Set firm-wide standards for pipeline frameworks, code quality, automated testing, environments, and CI/CD.
• Direct senior data engineers in project squads to promote shared components, architecture principles, and engineering patterns.
• Review vendor code and approaches, and audit data artifacts before production release.
• Assure Steering Committee engineering content and independently validate vendor progress and delivery claims.
• Test the technical basis of estimates and change requests, and investigate whether delays arise from code quality or environments.

What we’re looking for

• 10+ years of hands-on data engineering and modelling experience, including 4+ years leading engineering standards or platform teams in consultancies or major banks.
• Solid enterprise data modelling and engineering experience in Retail Banking environments.
• Direct experience with high-throughput, real-time data backends for consumer mobile banking apps and digital journeys.
• Deep conceptual, logical, and physical modelling expertise, including ERD, Data Vault 2.0, Dimensional/Kimball, and JSON/Avro across batch and streaming systems.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and visual communication; able to present executive-ready engineering insights and defend standards with senior stakeholders.
• Advanced fluency in SQL, Python, PySpark/Databricks, Snowflake/BigQuery, Kafka/Event Hubs, dbt, and AWS/Azure is an advantage.
• UAE or GCC major-bank experience leading data engineering or modelling initiatives is an advantage.

Communication and leadership

• Translate complex engineering metrics and decisions into clear business and executive communications.
• Present to executives, defend engineering standards, and manage vendor friction constructively.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and comprehensive Gold Level personal health insurance.
• Individual visa sponsorship, professional development and certification support, and role-related subscription reimbursement.
• Monthly employee incentive program, career advancement opportunities, and work on AI projects.

About Deeplight