Software Engineer

Great Eastern; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Eastern Life Malaysia is seeking a seasoned Software Engineer to design and maintain Hadoop-based data solutions for the enterprise, integrating data from sources into the data lake and delivering insights.

You will collaborate with business analysts, security, and IT teams, provide production support, and ensure data quality and scalable performance through strong ETL and scripting skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field.
• 8+ years of data-related work in Warehouse/Data Marts.
• 2+ years Hadoop/ETL experience (data processing and scripting).

Responsibilities

• Support development and maintenance of Hadoop solutions for the Enterprise.
• Develop ETL/ELT jobs from source to Data Lake platform.
• Provide production and operational support after deployment.
• Monitor production jobs for performance and data quality.
• Collaborate across Development, Business Analysts, Security, and IT teams.

Skills

Hadoop/ETL

SQL

Linux scripting

Data warehousing/BI

Python

Scala

Hive

Spark

Oozie

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT

Tools

HDFS

Hortonworks

Sqoop

Hive

HBase

Spark

Oozie

Job description

As a LIFE company, our customers are at the heart of all that we do. Being one of Asia’s leading insurer for over a century, we have built a long-lasting legacy of trust with our customers over many generations. At the foundation of this trust is Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement – from the way we treat every customer relationship with honesty and transparency, to our proactive approach of delivering the best possible solutions in both life and general insurance.

Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement is what guides us. It is what makes us do the right thing, take the lead, and choose ‘we’ over ‘me’. Our mission is to make life great for our customers because we understand what matters most to them, and we know how to help them protect it.

If you are looking to grow in an exciting career filled with opportunities and potential, we are seeking a professional to join our team as Software Engineer.

The Role:

• To support development and maintenance of Hadoop solutions for the Enterprise.
• To be part of initiatives that brings data into the data lake and delivers insights.
• To perform production support and maintenance of existing datasets in Hadoop.
• Develop ETL/ELT jobs based on requirements from source to Data lake platform.
• Ensure that all development standards are being followed.
• Perform code review functions for applications programs developed by team members.
• Provide production and operational support after production deployment.
• Monitor and manage production jobs to verify execution and measure performance to assure ongoing data quality and optimization of the system to manage scalability and performance and identify improvement opportunities for key ETL processes.
• Work effectively with all technical personnel (Development Team, business analysts, security, risk and compliance, data center, project managers, data architects and testers), and clearly translate business priorities and objectives into technical solutions.
• Maintain awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company
• Highlight any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practice.
• Other responsibilities entailed

The Person:

• A Bachelor’s degree in IT
• Min 8 years’ experience in data related work in Warehouse / Data Marts, with at least 2 years of experience as Hadoop/ETL experience (data processing and scripting).
• Ability to plan and organize technical work and deliverables. Ability to follow guidelines and adhere to the established software development standards and conventions.
• Self-motivated and independent. Able to work with minimum supervision and to work well with stakeholders and project staff.
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task across numerous work streams.
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work on cross-functional teams. Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Deep knowledge of best practices through relevant experience across data-related disciplines and technologies particularly for enterprise wide data architectures and data warehousing/BI.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills. Ability to learn effectively and meet deadlines.
• Strong scripting skills in Linux environment and SQL.
• Expertise in Hadoop ecosystems HDFS (Hortonworks)
• Hands-on Experience in Sqoop, Hive, HBase, Spark, Oozie, Python, Scala is a must.

Great Eastern Malaysia is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, and all qualified applicants shall receive a fair and equal consideration for employment.

Entity: Great Eastern Life Malaysia

Employment Type: Permanent

About Great Eastern

Established in 1908, Great Eastern places customers at the heart of everything we do. Our legacy extends beyond our products and services to our culture, which is defined by our core values and how we work. As champions of Integrity, Initiative and Involvement, our core values act as a compass, guiding and inspiring us to embrace the behaviours associated with each value, upholding our promise to our customers - to continue doing our best for them in a sustainable manner.

We work collaboratively with our stakeholders to look for candidates who exhibit or have the potential to embrace our core values and associated behaviours, as these are the key traits that we expect from our employees as they develop their careers with us.

We embrace inclusivity, giving all employees an equal opportunity to shine and play their role in exploring possibilities to deliver innovative insurance solutions.

Since 2018, Great Eastern has been a signatory to the United Nations (UN) Principles of Sustainable Insurance. Our sustainability approach around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations play a key role in every business decision we make. We are committed to being a sustainability-driven company to achieve a low-carbon economy by managing the environmental footprint of our operations and incorporating ESG considerations in our investment portfolios; improving people’s lives by actively helping customers live healthier, better and longer; and drive responsible business practices through material ESG risk management.