Full Stack Engineer - A26305

Activate Interactive Pte Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fun working environment

Employee Wellness Program

Singapore government projects

Structured development framework

Job summary

Activate Interactive Pte Ltd is seeking a senior data engineer to own end-to-end data pipeline design and delivery in a Singapore-based role. You will model data, build scalable storage, and maintain governance infrastructure for both operational and analytical workloads.

The role requires 5–7+ years of production data systems experience, proficiency in backend development, APIs, and cloud-native lakehouse architectures, with strong communication to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of professional software engineering experience with ownership of production data systems.
• Strong data engineering fundamentals: ETL/ELT, data modeling, batch and streaming.
• Proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language with production-grade backend experience.
• Solid API design and system architecture skills.
• Experience with cloud-native data platforms or lakehouse architectures.
• Ability to work autonomously and lead technical decisions.
• Strong communication to explain trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design and delivery of data pipelines, from ingestion to transformation to serving.
• Design data models and storage architectures that support both operational and analytical workloads.
• Build and maintain infrastructure for data quality, observability, and governance.
• Contribute to broader product and platform architecture, working alongside other software engineers as priorities shift.
• Design systems that are extensible enough to support AI/retrieval-based features over time.
• Contribute significantly to key technical decisions, escalating trade-offs where they intersect with broader priorities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on platform and deployment decisions.
• Work with attention to data sensitivity and system constraints in a regulated environment.

Skills

Data engineering

ETL/ELT pipelines

Backend development

API design

Cloud data platforms

Autonomy

Communication

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Delta Lake

Job description

Activate Interactive Pte Ltd (“Activate”) is a leading technology consultancy headquartered in Singapore with a presence in Malaysia and Indonesia. Our clients are empowered with quality, cost-effective, and impactful end-to-end application development, like mobile and web applications, and cloud technology that remove technology roadblocks and increase their business efficiency.

We believe in positively impacting the lives of people around us and the environment we live in through the use of technology. Hence, we are committed to providing a conducive environment for all employees to realize their full potential, who in turn have the opportunity to continuously drive innovation.

We are searching for our next team members to join our growing team.

If you love the idea of being part of a growing company with exciting prospects in mobile and web technologies that create positive impact on people’s lives, then we would love to hear from you.

This is a 12 months fixed-term contract role.

What will you do?

• Own end-to-end design and delivery of data pipelines, from ingestion to transformation to serving


• Design data models and storage architectures that support both operational and analytical workloads


• Build and maintain infrastructure for data quality, observability, and governance


• Contribute to broader product and platform architecture, working alongside other software engineers as priorities shift


• Design systems that are extensible enough to support AI/retrieval-based features over time


• Contribute significantly to key technical decisions, escalating trade-offs where they intersect with broader priorities


• Collaborate with stakeholders on platform and deployment decisions


• Work with attention to data sensitivity and system constraints in a regulated environment

Required

• 5–7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of production data systems end-to-end


• Strong data engineering fundamentals: ETL/ELT pipeline design, data modeling, batch and streaming processing


• Strong proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language, with a track record of building production-grade backend systems, not just data scripts or pipelines


• Solid software engineering fundamentals: API design, system architecture, ability to work across the stack when needed


• Experience working with cloud-native data platforms or lakehouse architectures


• Comfortable operating with significant autonomy and taking a leading role in technical decisions


• Strong communication skills; able to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders

Good to have

• Experience with Databricks, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, or similar lakehouse tooling


• Experience building data pipelines to support retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) or other AI/ML workflows, e.g. embedding generation, vector store population


• Experience in government, public sector, or other regulated environments with data sensitivity requirements


• Experience with cloud-native deployment platforms


• Please provide copies of relevant certifications


• Please provide score and date obtained from technical assessments, if any

What do we offer in return?

• Fun working environment


• Employee Wellness Program


• To work in Singapore Government Agencies projects


• We provide structured development framework and growth opportunities. (We are a “SHRI 2025 Gold winner” in “Learning & Development; Coaching & Mentoring”)

Why you'll love working with us?

If you are looking for opportunities to collaborate with leading industry experts and be surrounded by highly motivated and talented peers, we welcome you to join us. We provide all employees with equal opportunities to grow and develop with us. We believe your success is our success.

Does it sound like something you are interested in exploring further?

Activate Interactive Singapore is an equal opportunity employer.

Employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications and abilities.

Activate Interactive Pte Ltd does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, colour, religion, gender, sexuality, national origin, age, disability, marital status or any other characteristics protected by law.

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