AWS Lakehouse Platform Engineer

We are seeking a Platform Engineer to own the end-to-end design and delivery of an AWS-based lakehouse Proof of Concept for a leading financial institution in the UAE. The successful candidate will define the reference architecture, establish standards and guardrails, and ensure the foundation is robust, scalable, and fit for enterprise-grade analytics and future AI use cases.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in platform engineering, cloud engineering, or data platform engineering roles.
• Deep hands-on experience with Amazon S3, Glue, Athena, Lake Formation, Apache Iceberg, and AWS CDK or Terraform.
• Strong understanding of AWS Well-Architected Framework and platform best practices.
• Ability to design for reliability, cost control, and operational simplicity.
• Able to balance short-term PoC delivery with long-term platform sustainability.
• Experience in financial services or other regulated environments is a strong advantage.

Benefits

• Not specified