Lead Data Engineer

Are you a highly skilled Lead Data Engineer passionate about building robust data pipelines, scalable architectures, and high-quality data platforms that enable advanced analytics and business insights?

Who are we?

ALEC Holdings PJSC, part of the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), is a leading GCC construction group with over two decades of success delivering some of the region’s most complex and high-profile projects. As a proudly publicly listed company, ALEC continues to raise the bar for quality, innovation, and excellence in construction, driving iconic developments that shape skylines across the Middle East.

In the UAE, ALEC has delivered many of the nation’s most iconic developments, operating as a fully integrated contractor through specialist business units that provide end-to-end construction solutions.

ALEC provides strategic leadership, operational oversight, and shared services that support the performance and growth of all businesses within the Group. From governance, finance, and talent to innovation, digital systems, and sustainability, the Head Office acts as the central hub that enables each business unit to deliver with confidence, consistency, and excellence across the construction and engineering value chain.

Why Join Us?

As a Lead Data Engineer based at ALEC, you’ll play a vital role in enabling our diverse businesses to succeed. From strategy and governance to enabling services and shared expertise, you’ll help shape the operational backbone that empowers our teams to deliver exceptional outcomes for clients across the region.

At ALEC, we’re about more than just building iconic structures - we’re about building exceptional careers. As a trusted partner to some of the region’s most ambitious projects, we value innovation, operational excellence, and our people. Join us to deliver IT initiatives that directly shape our business success, from sourcing candidates to enhancing candidate experiences.

About Your Team

Our team is passionate about turning complex data into meaningful insights that drive business success. By combining strong technical expertise with close collaboration across business and technology stakeholders, we build reliable data platforms, intuitive reporting, and scalable solutions that empower smarter decision-making at every level.

Your Role

As a Lead Data Engineer, you will

• Own the architecture of the data platform, including the data warehouse and lake layers, the medallion structure (raw, cleansed, and curated), and the enterprise data model that feeds reporting and analytics
• Define and enforce data engineering standards, design patterns, code quality, and best practices for the team
• Lead the enterprise data modelling, cataloguing, and governance framework, establishing standards for data quality, lineage, security, and ownership using tools such as Microsoft Purview
• Design, build, and optimize core data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes, integrating data from sources such as ERP, operational systems, files, and APIs
• Guide the technical direction for the platform, and lead the evaluation and selection of tools and technologies on cost, capability, and fit
• Build and maintain BI reports and dashboards using Power BI or similar, and oversee the wider BI and reporting layer built on the platform
• Deliver trusted, governed, analytics ready data to the business
• Analyse business requirements, translate them into technical solutions, and advise stakeholders on the right data and technical approach
• Maintain an overview of technical debt and platform health, and ensure it is managed and paid down over time
• Provide technical leadership, code and design review, and mentoring to data engineers, and help build the team's capability
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to align the data roadmap with organizational goals, a