Lead Data Engineer: AI-Driven Data Platforms

Kerry Consulting; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kerry Consulting is seeking a Lead Data Engineer in Singapore to design and build scalable data platforms and pipelines. You will lead delivery, set engineering standards, and collaborate with analytics, software, and AI/ML teams.

The role combines hands-on data engineering with technical leadership, mentoring, and architecture decisions to elevate data capabilities across the organisation.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of data engineering experience with production-grade platforms.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Python and SQL.
• Experience leading data engineering teams and projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and evolution of scalable data platforms and pipelines.
• Provide technical leadership across data architecture, ETL/ELT, and orchestration.
• Mentor engineers, conduct reviews, and drive engineering standards.
• Champion AI-enabled data engineering practices and tooling.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Hands-on data engineering

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Apache Spark

PySpark

Airflow

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

Kerry Consulting is seeking a Lead Data Engineer in Singapore to design and build scalable data platforms and pipelines. You will lead delivery, set engineering standards, and collaborate with analytics, software, and AI/ML teams.

The role combines hands-on data engineering with technical leadership, mentoring, and architecture decisions to elevate data capabilities across the organisation.