Head of Data Engineering

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Data & Reconciliations team based in Dubai (hybrid), mentoring engineers, data scientists, analysts and BI professionals.
• Design and own the architecture of Yuno’s data infrastructure (data lakes, warehouses, and pipelines) to ensure scalability, reliability and performance for high-volume payment reconciliation.
• Build and operate reconciliation systems that process millions of transactions daily across multiple processors, currencies and partners.
• Define and execute the enterprise data integration strategy and roadmap, including APIs, batch and streaming integrations.
• Ensure platform availability, security and operational excellence for Snowflake, AWS, BigQuery and related services.
• Drive automation, observability and incident response practices; monitor data health metrics and lead remediation of critical data issues.
• Champion modern integration and architecture patterns: data mesh, API-led connectivity, event-driven systems and robust ETL/ELT.
• Partner with product, payments, and operations teams to align data capabilities with business objectives and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• 8+ years leadership
• Managing managers
• Production data systems
• SQL & Python
• dbt & BigQuery
• Snowflake / AWS
• APIs & integrations
• Batch & streaming
• Spanish & English
• Bachelor degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building reconciliation platforms for payments or fintech at scale
• Prior leadership of cross-functional data teams (engineering, analytics, BI)
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, Kafka or similar systems
• Strong focus on data quality, observability and SRE practices for data
• Experience with Looker or other BI platforms

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Stock options
• Health plan and medical insurance
• Home office allowance and support for hybrid work
• Flexible days off and professional development courses

About the Company

Yuno builds payment orchestration infrastructure that enables companies to participate in global commerce. Founded by payments and engineering experts, Yuno provides scalable, reliable payment integrations and reconciliation capabilities to support businesses operating across borders. This role is based in Dubai with a hybrid working model and plays a central part in ensuring transaction accuracy and operational transparency across Yuno’s payments ecosystem.