Data Enablement & AdTech Engineer
du (UAE) Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Telecommunications · 1,001-5,000 employees
About the role
The role involves designing and delivering telecom data enablement capabilities and advertising data products to support business monetization objectives. You will manage end-to-end data initiatives while collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable, privacy-compliant solutions.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and at least 6 years of experience in data engineering, telecom analytics, or AdTech. Proficiency in SQL, Python, and enterprise data platforms is required, along with a strong understanding of data protection regulations.
Full description
Key Accountabilities
- Design, plan, and deliver telecom data enablement capabilities, audience solutions, and advertising data products aligned with business and monetization objectives.
- Prioritize and coordinate data engineering, platform development, and integration activities to support product roadmap execution and stakeholder requirements.
- Manage the end-to-end delivery of data initiatives, ensuring timely implementation of scalable, high-quality, and privacy-compliant solutions.
- Support the development of data monetization capabilities that create new revenue opportunities through telecom data products and audience solutions.
- Identify opportunities to improve platform efficiency and optimize data processing costs while maintaining performance and scalability.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders across product, commercial, technology, and delivery teams to translate business requirements into data solutions.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with external partners, including CDPs, DSPs, clean rooms, and data onboarding providers, to ensure seamless data activation.
- Support Agile delivery practices and drive continuous improvement of data platforms, audience solutions, and operational processes.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Telecommunications, or a related field.
- Master's degree in a relevant discipline is preferred.
Experience:
- 6+ years of experience in data engineering, telecom analytics, AdTech, digital advertising, or data monetization environments.
- Experience developing and managing large-scale data platforms, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data integration workflows.
- Experience working with telecom datasets such as CDRs, network events, location intelligence, and subscriber data.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and external technology partners.
Skills:
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Python for large-scale data processing, analytics, and automation.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise data platforms and technologies such as Cloudera, Apache NiFi,
- Databricks, Teradata, and Hadoop ecosystem tools.
- Strong understanding of telecom data ecosystems, audience creation, and data monetization principles.
- Knowledge of advertising technology platforms including CDPs, DSPs, DMPs, identity solutions, and audience activation platforms.
- Experience with privacy-compliant data solutions and understanding of GDPR and related data protection regulations.
- Familiarity with cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP) and machine learning/analytics tools.
- Knowledge of identity resolution, audience segmentation, clean rooms, and privacy-enhancing technologies.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data modelling capabilities.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to work in Agile environments and manage multiple priorities effectively.