Senior Data Engineer
SentraAI · Abu Dhabi, AE ·
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Full time
- Category
- Data engineering
SentraAI · Abu Dhabi, AE ·
This is a production engineering role. As a Senior Data Engineer at SentraAI you will build migrate and operate data pipelines at enterprise scale involving vast numbers of source systems 100s of TB of data and 1000s of ETL workloads inside complex highly governed environments. If you have not owned data systems in production handled failures under pressure or worked inside large complex enterprises this role is not for you. The Operating Context
SentraAI is delivering a multi-year data and AI transformation for a large complex enterprise. The programme includes: Migration from legacy Hadoop Oracle SAP and bespoke ETL systems A modern cloud lakehouse architecture supporting batch and real-time workloads Enterprise reporting operational analytics and Customer 360-style use cases Downstream AI and advanced analytics at scale This is not greenfield. These systems are used audited and relied upon. Your Accountability
You are accountable for data pipelines that run reliably in production. That includes: Designing and building Spark-based batch and streaming pipelines Migrating large volumes of legacy ETL into modern architectures Implementing and enforcing data quality validation and data contracts Supporting live systems including during incidents and critical delivery windows Communicating clearly with engineers architects and client stakeholders Ownership does not end at deployment Spark pipelines processing large-scale enterprise datasets Streaming pipelines using Kafka and Spark Streaming or Flink Medallion lakehouse layers Bronze Silver Gold CDC pipelines using Debezium or equivalent Data quality frameworks using Great Expectations dbt or similar You are expected to actively use AI tools to improve development speed testing quality and operational resilience within defined governance standards. This Role Is Not For You If
Your experience is primarily academic conceptual or notebook-only You have not supported data systems in production You avoid accountability for failures or incidents You prefer fixed hours over delivery responsibility You are uncomfortable being challenged on technical decisions We are explicit because the work demands it. What Strong Looks Like
Within 612 months: Pipelines you own are stable observable and trusted Legacy ETL migrations are predictable and low-risk Data quality issues reduce materially Stakeholders trust your judgment and communication You raise the bar for those around you This is how performance is measured. Work on the regions most complex data transformations Exposure to enterprise-scale systems and real accountability A team that values engineering rigour over optics Meritocratic progression based on impact not tenure Career capital that carries real weight globally Final Note SentraAI is not for everyone. It is for engineers who want to build systems that matter take ownership seriously and grow through responsibility rather than protection. If that describes how you work Lets Talk!
RequirementsWhat You Will Build
BenefitsWhat SentraAI Gives in Return
Key Skills
Apache Hive,S3,Hadoop,Redshift,Spark,AWS,Apache Pig,NoSQL,Big Data,Data Warehouse,Kafka,Scala
Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 28000 - 28000