Job Description

Visualization Engineer - Dubai
Are you passionate about uncovering the story behind data? Do you love transforming raw information into powerful insights that drive smarter business decisions? Are you motivated by improving processes, ensuring data quality, and collaborating across teams to create innovative solutions?
We're looking for a Visualization Engineer who thrives in complexity, embraces curiosity, and brings a sharp analytical mindset to everything they do. If you're ready to make an impact in a global organization shaping the future of financial services, we want to hear from you.
Western Union powers your pursuit.
In this role, you'll turn data into actionable intelligence by designing interactive dashboards, building scalable data pipelines, and driving automation. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to uncover trends, identify opportunities, and deliver insights that influence strategic decisions. Your expertise in Python, SQL, and Power BI will help us create compelling visual narratives and ensure data integrity across the business.
Key Responsibilities

• Gather data from various sources, clean, validate, and prepare it for analysis. Define data acquisition and integration/transformation logic using appropriate methods and tools within the defined technology stack to ensure scalability for multiple use cases.
• Perform exploratory data analysis to uncover trends, patterns, anomalies, and outliers.
• Demonstrate mastery in Python and SQL for data manipulation, data quality validation, and pipeline development.
• Design interactive dashboards and compelling visual narratives using Power BI.
• Perform data profiling and quality checks to evaluate the health of data scorecards.
• Apply skills in Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Deployment (CD) and serverless deployments.
• Drive and support the design, documentation, and maintenance of data and BI processes.
• Analyze data and BI workflows to suggest and implement improvements.
• Facilitate requirements and design discussions between stakeholders and partner resources.
• Convert complex data and findings into insights and business opportunities for business units.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to investigate and analyze underlying causes of key business trends and anomalies, using data-driven techniques to identify actionable insights and recommend strategic solutions.
• Gain subject matter expertise and help define appropriate key metrics for business units while discovering untapped areas for improvement.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, statistics, mathematics, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience with strong expertise in Python, SQL, Power BI, and cloud platforms (Snowflake).
• Knowledge of Data Lake, Data Warehousing, database concepts, and related technologies.
• Understanding of data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes.
• Experience developing BI dashboards, visualizations, interpreting data, and making business recommendations.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and critical thinking with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work with large datasets on spreadsheets and dashboards.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple deliverables in a fast-paced environment with shifting deadlines.
• Experience eliciting, analyzing, and documenting requirements with minimal support.
• Ability to build relationships across all levels of the organization.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

We make financial services accessible to people everywhere. Western Union is transforming the financial services sector by driving quality, convenience, and customer service to new heights. As the world's largest cross-border money transfer operator, trusted by millions, we're on a mission to become the most accessible financial services provider -- empowering lives and communities along the way.
As we support our global customer base, we're equally committed to helping our employees grow. You'll have the opportunity to develop your skills, build a meaningful career, and enjoy a competitive compensation package. Learn more about our people and purpose at https://careers.westernunion.com.
Benefits
You'll have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and best-in-class development platforms. For location-specific benefits, please see below:
Dubai-specific benefits include:

• 25 days annual leave
• Life & Medical Cover

Western Union values in-person collaboration, learning, and ideation whenever possible. This role is categorized as Hybrid, requiring regular presence at our Dubai office to support daily operations and team coordination. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days per week.
We Are Passionate About Diversity
Western Union is committed to fostering an inclusive culture that celebrates diverse backgrounds and perspectives, reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or marital status.
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Estimated Job Posting End Date: 12-31-2025
This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This posting will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended or the role is filled.

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