Senior Data Engineer (Regional Role)

About the role

A client is looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer for a regional role, working closely with APAC Commercial and Digital Marketing teams to turn complex raw data into clear, actionable business strategies. The split is 70% data engineering and 30% business engagement, translating technical insights into plain language for stakeholders. Mandarin is essential because the role involves regular communication with Chinese counterparts and handling Mandarin-language datasets. Experience or interest in AI applications is a strong advantage.

Key responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable, well-documented data pipelines across ERP, CRM, e-commerce and third-party platforms
• Own localized master data migration projects with North Asia teams, extracting system data and processing Mandarin datasets
• Support master data management and help market teams consolidate and migrate regional data
• Collaborate on long-term data strategies, including localized AI models and automation workflows in production
• Work with commercial teams to drive data-led decisions and generate actionable insights
• Keep data quality and performance high across cloud and on-premise environments
• Integrate new data sources such as omnichannel platforms to improve commercial intelligence
• Develop and deploy AI models (preferred but not mandatory)
• Maintain data governance, security and compliance across platforms

Required profile

• Strong hands-on experience in Python and SQL
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines and working with data warehouses
• Skilled in data modeling, data integration and data cleaning, with ability to optimize queries and data flows
• Experience with commercial, marketing, digital media or supply chain data models is highly advantageous
• Mandarin proficiency is essential

Required skills

• Python and SQL
• Data pipelines, data warehouses, ETL
• Data modeling, data integration, data cleaning
• Preferred: BI and analytics engineering, Dataverse

What we offer

• Salary range of $7,000 to $8,000 plus perks