Data Engineer: ETL Pipelines & Data Modeling

UPGROWTH HR SDN. BHD.; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

UpGrowth HR SDN. BHD. is a dynamic company seeking a Data Engineer to design and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines, establish centralized data storage, and collaborate with analysts to translate reporting needs into scalable data models.

You will work in a fast-paced environment across multiple business units, ensure data quality, and refactor Python/Jupyter workflows into production-ready code. Proficiency in Chinese and English, strong SQL and Python skills, and cloud or data warehousing exposure are

Qualifications

• Proficient in Chinese and English, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong proficiency in Python (pandas, PySpark, or similar libraries for data processing).
• Solid understanding of SQL and experience with relational databases.
• Hands-on experience designing or maintaining ETL pipelines and workflow orchestration tools (Airflow, Prefect, Luigi).
• Good grasp of data modeling, schema design, and data governance principles.
• Experience handling large datasets and optimizing data performance.
• Comfortable working in environments with minimal existing infrastructure and building systems from scratch.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, and ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines for automated data ingestion, transformation, and validation.
• Establish a centralized data storage system, starting with lightweight solutions and scaling toward cloud-based infrastructure.
• Collaborate with analysts and business teams to translate reporting needs into scalable, reusable data models.
• Implement data quality checks, logging, and monitoring to ensure reliability and transparency of data flows.
• Refactor existing Python/Jupyter workflows into structured, production-ready codebases.
• Evaluate and recommend tools for data warehousing, orchestration, and cloud migration.
• Define and promote best practices in version control, documentation, and reproducibility.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data modeling

ETL pipelines

Airflow/Orchestration

Tools

Airflow

Prefect

Luigi

Docker

Job description

UpGrowth HR SDN. BHD. is a dynamic company seeking a Data Engineer to design and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines, establish centralized data storage, and collaborate with analysts to translate reporting needs into scalable data models.

You will work in a fast-paced environment across multiple business units, ensure data quality, and refactor Python/Jupyter workflows into production-ready code. Proficiency in Chinese and English, strong SQL and Python skills, and cloud or data warehousing exposure are