Senior Data Engineer

Overview

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, hundreds of TB of data, and thousands 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.

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.

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.

• 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.

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.

What SentraAI Gives in Return

• Work on the region’s most complex data transformations
• Exposure to enterprise-scale systems and real accountability
• A team that values engineering rigor over optics
• Meritocratic progression based on impact, not tenure
• Career capital that carries real weight globally

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!