Job Overview
Principal Data Engineer – Intelligent Financial Platforms
Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait (Remote-First | International Engineering Division)
Employment Type: Full-Time | Permanent
Department: Data Engineering & Analytics
Industry: FinTech | Big Data | Artificial Intelligence | Financial Analytics | Digital Payments
Build the Data Foundation Powering Tomorrow’s Financial Innovation
A globally recognized fintech enterprise is seeking an accomplished Principal Data Engineer to architect high-performance data platforms that support real-time financial analytics, AI-driven customer intelligence, fraud detection, and enterprise decision-making.
This opportunity is ideal for experienced engineers passionate about designing highly scalable data ecosystems capable of processing billions of financial events securely and efficiently.
Primary Responsibilities
Data Architecture
- Design enterprise-scale financial data platforms.
- Develop high-throughput streaming pipelines.
- Optimize cloud-native data infrastructure.
- Improve platform scalability and performance.
Engineering Excellence
- Build reliable ETL and ELT frameworks.
- Integrate structured and unstructured financial datasets.
- Develop metadata management strategies.
- Implement data quality and governance standards.
Platform Innovation
- Enable AI and machine learning workloads.
- Support real-time fraud analytics.
- Improve financial reporting infrastructure.
- Enhance enterprise data observability.
Leadership
- Mentor senior data engineers.
- Conduct architecture reviews.
- Define engineering standards.
- Collaborate with product, analytics, and software engineering teams.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or Software Engineering.
- 9+ years of enterprise data engineering experience.
- Experience building cloud-native analytics platforms.
- Strong understanding of financial data environments.
Technology Stack
- Python
- Scala
- SQL
- Apache Spark
- Kafka
- Airflow
- Snowflake
- BigQuery
- PostgreSQL
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- AWS
- Azure
- Databricks
Rewards
- International salary package
- Performance bonus
- Flexible remote working
- Housing allowance
- Comprehensive healthcare
- Cloud certification sponsorship
- International engineering events
- Fast-track career progression
Don’t miss the chance to make a difference in the fintech and FX industry!
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