Lead / Senior Data Engineer

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

Job summary

A fintech company in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Senior Software/Data Engineer to bridge software engineering, data engineering, analytics, and AI. In this role, you will define data engineering strategies and align projects with business goals. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience, with strong skills in AWS and Python. This position embraces an innovative and proactive work culture.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Software/Data Engineering.
• Experience modernising legacy or monolithic data systems.
• Understanding of machine learning pipelines or model deployment is a plus.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

AWS

Python

SQL

Apache Airflow

Docker

Git

Job description

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 You'll 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.

Tech Stack

AWS (S3, Glue, Redshift, Lambda, Athena, EC2), Python, SQL, Apache Airflow, Docker, Metabase, Git

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)

Location

• KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur