Lead Data Engineer

Capcon Asia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in Malaysia is seeking a Lead/Senior Data Engineer to modernize and scale data engineering practices. You will bridge software engineering and analytics, defining strategy and aligning with business goals. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in the fintech industry and a proactive problem-solving mindset. Join a rapidly growing team in a startup-like culture while contributing to innovative solutions in data engineering.

Qualifications

• Experience in data engineering practices and analytics.
• Ability to align engineering work with business goals.
• Experience in modernising legacy data systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define data engineering strategy and roadmap.
• Align data work with analytics and AI initiatives.
• Contribute to new product ideas and technologies.

Skills

10+ years in fintech

Data engineering

Machine learning understanding

Job description

About the job Lead / Senior Data Engineer

Why are they awesome?

• 10+ years in the fintech industry
• Regulated and trusted by financial institutions globally
• Pioneers in mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) solutions focusing on low-cost acceptance payment
• Secured US$30M Series B funding
• Rapid growth: scaled from 150+ to 300+ employees in just 2 years

Your Mission

Your role is to bridge software engineering, data engineering, analytics and AI to modernise and scale data engineering practices.

Team & Culture

• You will be part of the Data and AI team and you will be reporting to the Head of Engineering and working closely with the CTO
• Innovative, proactive, problem‑solving environment - you are a product engineer, not just task executors.
• An established company that embraces a startup-like culture.

What Youll Do

• Define data engineering strategy and data platform roadmap (modernisation, scaling, governance, cost efficiency, etc.)
• Alignment of data engineering work with business goals and analytics/AI initiatives
• A product engineer that proposes and contributes to new product ideas and emerging technologies.

Nice to Have

• Experience modernising legacy or monolithic data systems
• Understanding of machine learning pipelines or model deployment

Level

• Senior Software/Data Engineer (4+ years)