Data Scientist: AWS / Python / Redshift

Capcon Asia; Kuala Lumpur; Remote; MYR 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a proactive AI Engineer to lead a digital transformation initiative for a major insurance company. This role involves customizing health tech platforms and developing new medical insurance products, including AI solutions and virtual agents. You will work in a high-trust environment, primarily remote, collaborating with a dynamic engineering team. Ideal candidates are those with startup experience who embrace challenges as opportunities for growth. Join us to make a significant impact in the health tech space!

Qualifications

• Experience in cleaning and analyzing data, prototype and test ML models.
• Good communication skills, especially with non-tech stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver production-ready AI solutions.
• Effectively communicate with stakeholders to refine requirements.

Skills

Python

SQL

AWS

Data Cleaning and Analysis

Communication Skills

Tools

PowerBI

Metabase

AWS RedShift

Job description

Project:

• Spearheading the digital transformation initiative for one of KLs biggest insurance companies / insure-tech
• Customizing the existing health tech and wellness platform (web and mobile) to suit a large scale enterprise customer
• Develop a whole new B2C medical insurance product - build models, LLM virtual agent etc.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver production-ready AI solutions
• Effectively communicate with stakeholders - reviewing their needs and refining the requirements, exercising judgement to determine the timelines

Team & Culture

• Reporting to the CTO who has promoted internally while joining a wider KL engineering and data team of 10 + collaborating with the product team
• All engineering works are based in KL that supports across SEA
• High trust environment, you can work remote, set your own hours etc
• Would suit someone who has worked in a start up /scale up before and has a continuous improvement mindset - someone who sees challenges as an opportunity to step up, not an obstacle to avoid

Must Have

• Python, SQL and AWS
• Experience in cleaning and analyzing data, prototype and test ML models
• Good communication skills, especially with non-tech stakeholders
• Curious, proactive and impact-driven - enjoys hands-on problem-solving and taking ownership

Nice to have

• Knowledge in BI tools (PowerBI, Metabase) and AWS RedShift

Work Arrangement

• 90% remote - meet 1 x per week as a team
• Office reachable by MRT