Senior Associate, Application Developer (Data Engineering)

About the role

DBS Group Technology manages the majority of the bank's operational processes and delivers banking services across multiple channels. This Senior Associate, Application Developer (Data Engineering) position sits in the Middle Office Technology team, working on the finance platform. It is a regular, full-time technology job based at the DBS Asia Hub.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and applications within the Hadoop ecosystem.
• Tune the performance of SQL and Spark ETL processing to improve efficiency and reduce latency.
• Implement batch automation using Shell scripts and REST APIs, including job triggering and result parsing.
• Manage data storage, ingestion and retrieval using HDFS and Parquet.
• Write robust scripts in Shell, Python and Scala to automate operational workflows and system integrations.
• Use AWS products such as S3 Storage for cloud-based data management and integration.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex technical issues in Linux/Unix environments.

Required profile

• Proven experience in application development within a large-scale enterprise technology environment.
• Demonstrated ability to tune the performance of SQL and Spark ETL processing.
• Strong command of Linux/Unix systems and command-line tools.
• Hands-on experience with data serialization and storage formats such as Parquet.
• Experience in batch automation with Shell scripts and REST APIs, including triggering and result parsing.
• Familiarity with cloud technologies, specifically AWS products such as S3 Storage.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a can-do attitude, with the ability to develop solutions.

Required skills

• Hadoop, HDFS, Hive and Impala
• Spark (Scala/Java) and SQL
• Shell, Python and Scala scripting
• AWS S3 Storage