Senior Data Engineer at COGNNA – Riyadh

The AI/ML and Data team is focused on building platforms and capabilities that are utilized across the organization by engineering, product, and security operations. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering background with the ability to tie engineering initiatives to business impact. You will be part of a team doing detailed technical designs, development, and implementation of applications using cutting-edge technology stacks.This role is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable solutions. This role involves collaborating with software engineers, security, R&D and other engineers to ensure data availability, integrity, and security. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud platforms, data warehousing, infrastructure as code, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices. Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data platforms using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, and Databricks.
• Use Terraform to manage infrastructure as code, ensuring consistent and reproducible environments.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data platform applications using GitHub and GitLab.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to data infrastructure and workflows.
• Containerize applications and services using Docker to ensure portability and scalability.
• Conduct vulnerability scans and apply necessary patches to ensure the security and integrity of the data platform.
• Work with engineering teams to design and implement Secure Development Lifecycle practices and security tooling (DAST, SAST, SCA, Secret Scanning) into automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure data security and compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in data engineering and cloud platforms.

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science, Engineering or another quantitative field of study
• 5+ years in a data engineering role
• 5+ years’ experience working with SQL, ETL tools such as Airflow and dbt, with relational and columnar MPP databases like Snowflake or Redshift, hands-on experience with AWS (e.g., S3, Lambda, EMR, EC2, EKS)
• 2+ years of experience managing CI/CD infrastructures, with strong proficiency in tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitLab, or any CI/CD tool to streamline deployment pipelines and ensure efficient software delivery.
• 2+ years of experience with Java, Python, Go, or similar backend languages.
• Experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code.
• Experience with Docker and containerization technologies.
• Experience working with lakehouse architectures such as Databricks and file formats like Iceberg and Delta
• Experience in designing, building, and managing complex deployment pipelines.

Why Cognna?You’ll be mentored by industry experts, work on cutting-edge generative AI use cases, and see the real-time impact of your work on a security platform protecting hundreds of organizations. If you’re passionate about applied AI/ML and ready to grow your skills, we’d love to hear from you!