Senior Data Engineer — 1-Year Contract, Data Platform

SSMC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SSMC is seeking a Senior Data Engineer (1 Year Contract) to join the IT & Cybersecurity, IT Applications EASEDA department in Singapore. You will design and maintain data tracks, optimize ingestion pipelines, and ensure data quality across the lifecycle.

The role requires hands-on experience with modern data tech and strong collaboration with business and IT teams. You will work on data platforms, establish governance standards, and contribute to scalable solutions that support manufacturing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or professional degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or Data Engineering.
• Certification in databases, data engineering, cloud or data platform tech is a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, data management, database solutions or enterprise delivery; manufacturing exp preferred.
• Strong hands-on in data discovery, modelling, SQL, ETL/ELT, data integration, DB views, and source-to-target mapping.
• Experience with data replication, validation, troubleshooting and production data flows across systems.
• Understanding of manufacturing data and MES/SPC/quality domains.
• Experience with Oracle or PostgreSQL relational databases.
• Experience with MinIO or object storage, lakehouse or data warehouse platforms, Spark, Airflow, Kafka, Trino.
• BI/reporting exposure with Tableau or Power BI is advantageous.
• Proven ability to work with business users and IT teams to deliver production-ready solutions.
• Forward-looking, proactive, accountable, and strong analytical problem-solving.
• Clear communicator and collaborative team player.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain data tracks and reusable data products on the SSMC Data Platform using MinIO, StarRocks and other data technologies.
• Develop and optimize end-to-end data ingestion, integration, replication and analytics pipelines.
• Support and enhance data platform services including storage, access, metadata and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define data models and governance standards.
• Drive data discovery, source-to-target mapping and onboarding activities for projects.
• Ensure data quality, lineage, security and compliance across the data lifecycle.
• Troubleshoot complex data, platform and integration issues with root-cause analysis.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to strengthen data platform capabilities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable data solutions.
• Provide operational support for enterprise data platforms and applications.
• Offer technical support to internal IT teams and business users.

Skills

SQL

ETL/ELT

Data integration

Data modelling

Source-to-target mapping

Data discovery

Data governance

Data quality

Data lineage

Root-cause analysis

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IT/Data Engineering

Tools

MinIO

StarRocks

Spark

Airflow

Kafka

Trino

Tableau

Power BI

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Job description

SSMC is seeking a Senior Data Engineer (1 Year Contract) to join the IT & Cybersecurity, IT Applications EASEDA department in Singapore. You will design and maintain data tracks, optimize ingestion pipelines, and ensure data quality across the lifecycle.

The role requires hands-on experience with modern data tech and strong collaboration with business and IT teams. You will work on data platforms, establish governance standards, and contribute to scalable solutions that support manufacturing