Senior Data Engineer - Lead Data Foundations & Pipelines

Confidential Jobs; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 201,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Jobs in Malaysia seeks a Senior Data Engineer to lead the data engineering team, shaping scalable, governed data foundations and pipelines for business reporting and analytics.

The role requires strong leadership, 8+ years in data engineering/analytics, and experience with modern data tools such as Databricks. You will mentor juniors and work with stakeholders across functions to deliver data-driven solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field.
• Proven leadership and practical data engineering experience with 8+ years in data engineering/analytics.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities to tackle complex business challenges.
• Familiarity with modern data engineering and data visualization technologies.
• Experience with Databricks integration is a strong plus.
• Excellent communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical designs and efficient data pipelines.
• Provide architectural guidance and design a modern data stack supporting governance, scalability, and reporting needs.
• Design and maintain scalable data foundations and pipelines across on-premise and cloud environments.
• Build data lakes and warehouses to support management reporting and analytics environments.
• Coordinate with cloud infrastructure teams to provision required data infrastructure.
• Lead and mentor junior team members for professional growth.

Skills

Leadership experience

Stakeholder communication

Databricks experience

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Data Science/Statistics

Tools

Databricks

Job description

Confidential Jobs in Malaysia seeks a Senior Data Engineer to lead the data engineering team, shaping scalable, governed data foundations and pipelines for business reporting and analytics.

The role requires strong leadership, 8+ years in data engineering/analytics, and experience with modern data tools such as Databricks. You will mentor juniors and work with stakeholders across functions to deliver data-driven solutions.