Principal Technical Architect - Apps & Data

Principal Technical Architect - Apps & Data Join or sign in to find your next job Join to apply for the Principal Technical Architect - Apps & Data role at Presight Principal Technical Architect - Apps & Data Join to apply for the Principal Technical Architect - Apps & Data role at Presight Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Overview Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE About Presight Presight is an ADX-listed public company with Abu Dhabi based G42 as its majority shareholder and is the region’s leading big data analytics company powered by Gen AI. It combines big data, analytics, and AI expertise to serve every sector, of every scale, to create business and positive societal impact. Presight excels at all-source data interpretation to support insight-driven decision-making that shapes policy and creates safer, healthier, happier, and more sustainable societies. Today, through its range of Gen AI-driven products and solutions, Presight is bringing Applied AI to the private and public sector, enabling them to realize their AI strategy and ambitions faster. Job Description The Principal Technical Architect (Big Data) will serve as the strategic technical leader, responsible for designing, validating, and implementing robust and scalable architectures for our data analytics and AI solutions. The role will involve close collaboration with product, engineering, and sales teams to ensure alignment between business objectives and technology solutions. Responsibilities Define and enforce data architecture, standards, and best practices to ensure quality, scalability, performance, and data integrity. Perform technical assessments to determine hardware requirements and sizing for big data workloads (storage, compute, networking). Design robust and scalable data ingestion, transformation, and storage pipelines using modern big data technologies. Provide guidance, mentorship, and technical oversight of data engineering teams to ensure efficient implementation on client’s sites. Collaborate with platform core development team as a subject matter expert on the enhancing data management and processing components – identify gaps, create feature requests, evaluate new releases, and review code. Ensure compliance with QHSE, Business Continuity, Information Security, Privacy, Risk, and Governance policies, procedures, plans, and related risk assessments. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field. Master's degree preferred. Experience Minimum 10 years of experience working in data-intensive projects as a Big Data Engineer or Architect. Strong expertise in big data modeling and architecture best practices, with proficiency in designing scalable data pipelines and integration workflows. Excellent knowledge of modern big data methodologies and technologies including ingestion, batch and streaming processing, storage, and querying (e.g., Spark, Kafka, Trino, Clickhouse, S3). Experience estimating hardware and infrastructure sizing for analytics workloads. Skills Solid computer science fundamentals, fluent in SQL and at least one programming language (Java, Python). Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills. Preferred Qualifications Software development experience, familiarity with product development lifecycle, hands-on coding, and code review skills. Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, TOGAF). Experience with big data technologies and analytics platforms (e.g., Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, Databricks, Snowflake). Experience in a customer-facing technical role, providing guidance during sales or customer engagements. Join Presight for a culture of innovation, career growth, and competitive rewards. If you’re eager to explore new AI frontiers and thrive in a dynamic environment, we welcome you. What Working At Presight Offers Culture : An open, diverse, and inclusive environment with a global vision encouraging growth and innovation. Career : Opportunities for high-impact projects and continuous learning. Rewards : Competitive remuneration, healthcare, education support, leave benefits, and more. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries IT Services and IT Consulting #J-18808-Ljbffr