Data Engineer

UnionBank; Pasig; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

UnionBank is seeking a Data Engineer to design, develop, and maintain our data pipeline at UB Plaza, Pasig. You will partner with data product managers and Data Architect to ensure data availability and quality for analysis, daily operations, reporting and decision-making.

You will design scalable pipelines, optimize data systems, and maintain documentation. The role requires strong analytical thinking, teamwork, and a willingness to learn in a fast-paced banking environment.

Qualifications

• Accountability and responsibility in data engineering projects.
• Adaptability to changing data landscapes and priorities.
• Analytical mindset with strong problem solving.
• Effective communication skills for cross‑functional teams.
• Critical thinking to drive data quality and improvements.
• Teamwork and collaboration within the data group.
• Willingness to learn and grow in data engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable data pipelines for ingestion, processing, and storage.
• Optimize and maintain data systems and infrastructure.
• Develop documentation on data architecture and processes.
• Stay updated with emerging data tech and industry trends.
• Contribute to the bank's knowledge base as a data management expert.
• Participate in design processes for bank initiatives.
• Propose continuous improvement programs within domain.
• Provide L3 support including incident and root-cause analysis.
• Assist with Proof of Concept initiatives within the group.

Skills

Accountability

Adaptability

Analytical

Communication

Critical thinking

Teamwork

Willingness to learn

Job description

Job Description:

Job Title: Data Engineer

Office Location: UB Plaza - 19F Pasig (Headquarters)

Employment Type: Probationary

About The Role

The Data Engineer plays a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining our data pipeline. This position involves working closely with data product managers and Data Architect to ensure the availability and quality of data for analysis, daily operations, reporting and decision-making.

What You'll Do

• Design and implement scalable data pipelines to ingest, process, and store large volumes of data.
• Optimize and maintain existing data systems and infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain documentation related to data architecture, metadata and processes.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends to continuously improve data engineering practices.
• Able to contribute to the overall knowledge base of the bank as one of the key experts of data management
• Participate and contribute to design processes for initiatives in the bank.
• Capable of initiating and proposing continuous improvement programs within his/her domain.
• Provide L3 support for their specific domains, this includes incident management (for items not solvable by L1 and L2 support), Problem Management with corresponding root cause analysis and implement operationalization initiatives within their specific domains.
• Participate with Proof of concept being implemented by the group.

What We’re Looking For

• Accountability
• Adaptability
• Analytical
• Good Communication Skills
• Critical thinking
• Teamwork
• Willingness to learn

Requirements: