We’re partnered with a major investment management firm in Abu Dhabi who are looking to hire an experienced Databricks Data Engineer on an initial 12-month contract, to be based onsite in their Abu Dhabi office.

This is a hands-on engineering role with a strong focus on Databricks, sitting close to investment teams, quants and business users. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, building and operating data pipelines and lakehouse architectures on Databricks that power analytics, reporting and downstream applications across the business.

You’ll work end-to-end across the data lifecycle - ingesting market and investment data, modelling and transforming it within Databricks, and ensuring datasets are reliable, optimised and production-ready. Engineers in this environment are expected to have a deep understanding of Databricks and modern data engineering principles, and to proactively design scalable solutions rather than simply executing tickets.

Core Technology

1. Databricks (strong platform knowledge required)
2. Python / PySpark
3. SQL
4. Lakehouse architecture & data modelling
5. Investment / market data environments

Why this role

1. 12-month contract with no income tax.
2. Part of a multi-year data transformation programme for an investment powerhouse.
3. Opportunity to work on Databricks-powered data platforms supporting investment and trading activity