Senior Data Engineer - Ingestion & AI Platform (Contract)

Ngee Ann Polytechnic; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading polytechnic institution in Singapore is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to design and lead the development of data ingestion and transformation pipelines. The ideal candidate should have a degree in a relevant field and 2–4 years of experience in data engineering, preferably with cloud platforms like Databricks. Responsibilities include collaborating across teams to ensure data governance and developing dashboards, while also optimizing performance. This is a long-term contract role within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in data engineering.
• Prior experience with cloud-based data platforms is a plus.
• Good interpersonal and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data ingestion pipelines.
• Architect and optimise transformation workflows.
• Collaborate with teams to enforce data governance standards.

Skills

Data engineering

Problem-solving

Python programming

SQL

PySpark

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Databricks

Delta Lake

Airflow

Git

Job description

A leading polytechnic institution in Singapore is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to design and lead the development of data ingestion and transformation pipelines. The ideal candidate should have a degree in a relevant field and 2–4 years of experience in data engineering, preferably with cloud platforms like Databricks. Responsibilities include collaborating across teams to ensure data governance and developing dashboards, while also optimizing performance. This is a long-term contract role within a dynamic environment.