Who we are?
Become a Zider  member and join this amazing company that is on top of the e-commerce game! Join a company that is not only growing but having fun while doing it. We are a human centric organization with huge growth plans and with a purpose to help more and more people with little or no digital experience to start their online business (e-commerce), move their offline to online or grow their offline businesses even more by having an online presence.

Where are we coming from and where are we going?

Zid has had a tremendous grow over the last 5 years. From 5 people to 300+ people at present and counting. Our revenues have been increasing more than 3 times year on year and we have had a great success. We are an e-commerce SaSS platform, a fintech startup, a logistics and shipping consolidator and we understand and believe that technology and business go hand-in-hand.

Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join our growing team and help design and implement scalable and highly available analytics solutions for our Software as a Service (SaaS) e-commerce platform. The successful candidate will play a critical role in driving the development and maintenance of data infrastructure, enabling data-driven decision-making, and optimizing sales, customer behavior, and inventory management.

Responsibilities:

o Design, develop, and maintain data architecture that supports scalable and highly available
analytics requirements for the e-commerce platform.
o Implement efficient data ingestion and processing pipelines from multiple sources, such as user interactions, transactional data, and inventory updates.
o Leverage cloud infrastructure to ensure scalability, high availability, and cost-effectiveness of the data platform.
o Design and implement data models that accommodate the necessary entities, relationships, and attributes while considering scalability and high availability.
o Utilize data transformation tools such as dbt to build and maintain data transformation pipelines that prepare ingested data for analytics.
o Ensure data quality and consistency by implementing robust data validation and monitoring processes.
o Collaborate with data warehouse and data lake technologies to create scalable and highly available data storage solutions.

o Design and implement APIs that provide secure, efficient, scalable, and highly available access to analytics data for external applications or services.
o Work closely with data analysts, data scientists, and other stakeholders to understand and address their data requirements and challenges.
o Stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies in data engineering,
analytics, and infrastructure.
 

o Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
o 5+ years of experience in data engineering, with a focus on developing scalable and highly available data solutions.
o Strong expertise in SQL and database design.
o Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
o Proficiency in ETL / ELT design and implementation, using tools like Airbyte, Airflow, Prefect, Spark, Kafka, etc.
o Fluency with at least one interpreted language, such as Python, and another compiled, such as Scala, C++, or Rust. You must also be familiar with version control systems like Git.
o Comfortable working on Unix environments.
o Proficiency in data transformation tools, such as dbt, and data validation frameworks like Great Expectations or Monte Carlo.
o Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
technologies.
o Experience with data warehouse and data lake technologies, such as Snowflake, Clickhouse, Redshift, BigQuery or the Hadoop Ecosystem.
o Strong understanding of API design and implementation, with a focus on security, efficiency, and high availability.

o Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

o Knowledge on message brokers like Redis, ZeroMQ, RabbitMQ, etc. is a plus.
o Knowledge of data management and data governance frameworks, such as DAMA, is a plus.
o Knowledge of data privacy best practices and related regulations, such as GDPR, CCPA or the new Saudi PDPL, is a plus.

What are we offering?

• Competitive Salary
• Holidays of 21 days + additional days given regularly
• Training (we kicked the learning internally and recently completed an AWS Architecting course)
• Career path clearly defined!
• ZEA – Zid Entertainment – Fun Thursdays!