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Encora · Posted 3mo ago

Data Engineer

Location
Kuala Lumpur
Role
Data engineering
Source
Employer’s own job board (Greenhouse)

Stack

The posting

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer with strong experience in modern data platforms and cloud-based architectures. The ideal candidate has deep hands-on experience with Snowflake or Databricks, has built scalable data pipelines, and is proficient in Azure cloud services.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows.

• Develop and optimize data lake and data warehouse solutions using Snowflake and/or Databricks.

• Implement data ingestion, transformation, and processing frameworks for structured and unstructured datasets.

• Work closely with cross-functional teams (Data Analytics, Data Science, Product, Engineering) to support data consumption needs.

• Build reusable and modular data pipeline components aligned with best practices.

• Implement data quality validation, reconciliation, and monitoring controls.

• Optimize performance for data storage, compute, and query execution.

• Ensure adherence to data governance, security standards, and compliance requirements.

• Participate in solution architecture discussions and contribute to technical design decisions.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7–8+ years of hands-on experience as a Data Engineer.

• Strong experience in Snowflake and/or Databricks (any one is fine, both preferred).

• Hands-on experience on Azure Cloud (e.g., Azure Data Factory, ADLS, Azure Synapse, Azure Key Vault, Azure Functions, Azure DevOps).

• Expertise in SQL and performance tuning for large datasets.

• Experience developing ETL/ELT pipelines using modern data frameworks.

• Proficiency with scripting languages such as Python or Scala.

• Experience with data modeling techniques (star schema, normalized models, dimensional modeling).

• Experience with CI/CD for data pipelines and version control (Git).

• Exposure to data governance, metadata management, and data quality frameworks.