Chief Data Platform & AI Analytics Architect

Newbridge; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Newbridge in Singapore is seeking a Head of Data Engineering to lead end-to-end delivery of data initiatives, architecting scalable data infrastructure from data lakes to AI-enabled analytics products.

You will collaborate with senior leadership to shape data products, establish governance, and mentor a data engineering organization, spanning editorial, subscriptions, advertising, and product analytics.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Engineering, or a related quantitative field preferred.
• Candidates without an advanced degree but with equivalent depth demonstrated through professional track record and impactful work are strongly encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale data pipelines and lakehouse architectures supporting audience, product, and commercial analytics.
• Own the data lake ecosystem, defining standards for ingestion, storage, transformation, and access across structured and unstructured data.
• Evolve the client's data stack by evaluating and implementing tools that improve scalability, performance, and developer experience.
• Build and maintain a centralized feature registry serving as the single source of truth for feature cataloging, lineage, ownership, and SLAs, with strong discovery and documentation for Data Science and ML teams.
• Develop and own core data products including the customer data platform, audience intelligence, and other AI-powered analytics tools.
• Establish and champion data quality standards, governance frameworks, and observability practices to ensure organization-wide trust in data.
• Partner with Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and Product teams to design and deploy AI-driven solutions that grow and engage audiences.
• Translate complex business requirements into scoped, production-ready data solutions that operate reliably at scale.
• Stay current on developments in data engineering and AI, assessing practical applications for the client's media context.

Skills

SQL

Apache Spark

Python

Data modeling

Data governance

Observability tooling

Education

Master's or PhD in Computer Science / Data Engineering

Equivalent professional depth

Job description

Newbridge in Singapore is seeking a Head of Data Engineering to lead end-to-end delivery of data initiatives, architecting scalable data infrastructure from data lakes to AI-enabled analytics products.

You will collaborate with senior leadership to shape data products, establish governance, and mentor a data engineering organization, spanning editorial, subscriptions, advertising, and product analytics.