AWS Lakehouse Platform Engineer

Job description

Job Title: AWS Lakehouse Platform Engineer
Location: UAE Abu Dhabi or Dubai
Engagement: Full-time (On-site)
Contract duration: 3 or 6 months possible extensions
Start date: February 2026

Riverflex is partnering with a leading financial institution in the UAE on a strategic Proof of Concept to establish (the foundations of) an AWS data platform. We are seeking a Platform Engineer to own the PoC end-to-end define the reference architecture and establish the standards and guardrails that will shape how the data platform is built going forward.

This is not a data engineering role. This position is about platform ownership architecture governance and long-term operability. You will serve as the internal authority on how we do data platforms working closely with t...