Senior Data Engineer - Data Platform (Contract)

PATHSOURCE CONSULTING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

PATHSOURCE CONSULTING PTE. LTD. is seeking a hands-on Senior Data Engineer in Singapore to design, build and operate scalable data pipelines for complex client projects.

The role focuses on data-platform engineering across on-premise or hybrid environments, with emphasis on governance, metadata and lineage. Expect to collaborate directly with client teams as a senior IC and travel to locations as required.

Qualifications

• 6+ years hands-on data engineering or platform engineering experience.
• Experience building and operating production-grade pipelines end-to-end.
• Comfort with on-premise or hybrid infrastructure; cloud-only background may not fit.
• Experience with data governance, metadata management, catalogues or lineage.
• Ability to work independently as a senior technical contributor and communicate with clients.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate scalable end-to-end data pipelines.
• Develop data-platform components across on-premise or hybrid environments.
• Establish and maintain data governance, metadata, cataloguing and lineage capabilities.
• Monitor pipeline performance and ensure reliability and SLAs.
• Troubleshoot data-quality, integration and platform-performance issues.
• Produce technical documentation and operating procedures.
• Work with client teams to translate project requirements into practical solutions.
• Contribute as a senior individual contributor without people-management remit.

Skills

Hands-on data engineering

End-to-end pipelines

On-prem/Hybrid infra

Databricks/Snowflake

Data governance

Stakeholder comms

Senior contributor

Client liaison

Job description

The client is a Singapore-based data consultancy seeking a hands‑on Senior Data Engineer to support the delivery of complex data‑platform projects.

This is an initial six‑month contract. An extension may be considered depending on project requirements and performance, but is not guaranteed.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate scalable end‑to‑end data pipelines.
• Develop reliable data‑platform components across on‑premise or hybrid environments.
• Establish and maintain data governance, metadata, cataloguing and lineage capabilities.
• Monitor pipeline performance and ensure agreed reliability and service‑level requirements are met.
• Troubleshoot data‑quality, integration and platform‑performance issues.
• Produce appropriate technical documentation and operating procedures.
• Work directly with technical stakeholders and client teams to translate project requirements into practical solutions.
• Contribute as a senior individual contributor without requiring a people‑management remit.

Requirements

• Minimum 6 years of hands‑on experience in data engineering, platform engineering or a closely related role.
• Proven experience building and operating production‑grade data pipelines end to end.
• Strong exposure to on‑premise or hybrid infrastructure; candidates whose experience is primarily limited to managed cloud services may be less suited to this requirement.
• Practical experience with Databricks, Snowflake or comparable enterprise data platforms.
• Experience in data governance, metadata management, catalogues or data lineage.
• Ability to operate independently in a senior technical capacity and communicate effectively with client stakeholders.
• Willingness to accept an initial six‑month contract and attend client locations when required.

Preferred Experience

• Data‑platform delivery within regulated environments such as banking, fintech, healthcare or data centres.
• Experience supporting high‑volume or business‑critical data infrastructure.
• Exposure to platform reliability, security controls and service‑level management.

This position focuses on data‑platform engineering and infrastructure. It is not primarily a business intelligence, dashboarding, visualisation or data‑analyst role.