Data Engineer

Important Information

Location: Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Experience: 5-6 years+

Job Mode: Contract

Work Mode: On-Site

Job Summary

Experienced Data Engineer with strong proficiency in SQL, Amazon Web Services (AWS) to design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines and cloud-based data infrastructure. Responsible for ensuring the efficient and reliable movement, transformation, and storage of data to support business intelligence, analytics, and data science teams.

Responsibilities & Duties

Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines using SQL and AWS services (e.g., Glue, S3, Redshift, Lambda, EMR).
Build and optimize data models and data warehouses for analytics and reporting.
Develop and manage ETL/ELT workflows to ingest and transform structured and semi-structured data.
Implement data quality checks, validation processes, and monitoring tools to ensure data integrity.
Work closely with data analysts, engineers, and product teams to understand data needs and deliver high-quality data solutions.
Optimize query performance and troubleshoot slow-running SQL processes or data jobs.
Automate data workflows and ensure CI/CD best practices for data deployments.
Maintain documentation of data pipelines, schemas, and architecture.

Qualifications & Skills

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
5-6 years of experience as a Data Engineer or similar role. Product / software development
Experience process and delivery ownership.
Hands on working experience on Data Strong knowledge of data platforms, data pipelines, data related development including platforms such as Hadoop, Spark, Jupyter, cloud native services
Hands on experience on cloud services and knowledge of data related cloud native services (AWS).
Experience in AWS EMR (Managed Cluster Platform)
Experience in RDS, Glue, Lambda, DynamoDB, and Postgres.
Experience in tools and programming languages required to implement data pipelines: SQL, Python / Pandas

About Encora
Encora is the preferred digital engineering and modernization partner of some of the world’s leading enterprises and digital native companies. With over 9,000 experts in 47+ offices and innovation labs worldwide, Encora’s technology practices include Product Engineering & Development, Cloud Services, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience, Cybersecurity, and AI & LLM Engineering.

At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and qualifications, and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.