Remote Data Engineer

Description:

• Join AlGooru as a Data Engineer and be part of a leading private tutoring platform in Saudi Arabia.
• AlGooru is the first licensed by the National E-Learning Center (NELC) and provides tech-enabled tailored educational support to students of all ages and levels.
• As a Data Engineer, you will build and deploy 3 new automated data pipelines across Product, Learning, and Business domains within the first 90 days.
• You will improve data delivery efficiency by 40% by optimizing queries, storage layers, and warehouse logic within 6 months.
• You will power 5+ real-time business dashboards by Q4 2025 through scalable, structured data availability.
• Your daily responsibilities will include designing, building, and maintaining robust and scalable data pipelines using modern data stack tools.
• You will partner with Product, Operations, and Learning teams to gather and define analytics and reporting needs.
• Ensuring data pipeline reliability, performance, and integrity across systems will be a key part of your role.
• You will optimize SQL queries and ETL workflows for speed, scalability, and accuracy.
• You will own and enforce data quality, validation checks, and documentation standards.
• Structuring and delivering clean data models to support reporting tools and dashboards will be part of your tasks.
• You will continuously propose and implement improvements in data architecture and analytics engineering workflows.

Requirements:

• You must have 2+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or similar roles.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL, DBT, and data modeling best practices is required.
• Hands-on experience with ETL tools and data warehouses like BigQuery, Snowflake, or Redshift is necessary.
• Experience with pipeline orchestration tools such as Airflow, Prefect, or Dagster is essential.
• Familiarity with Python or scripting languages is expected.
• A strong understanding of data governance, observability, and version control is required.
• You should be comfortable working in a fast-paced, agile, remote team environment.

Benefits:

• You will have the opportunity to help transform education in Saudi Arabia and beyond.
• Joining a rapidly scaling startup will provide you with career development opportunities.
• The position offers flexibility to work from anywhere and includes unlimited PTO.
• You will receive a competitive salary, ESOP shares, and quarterly bonuses.
• The company promotes a vibrant culture with monthly Pizza Fridays and a supportive environment.
• Additional perks include free hardware/software, a learning budget, access to the AlGooru Library, and more.