AVP, Data Engineer - Asset Management

About the role

UOB Asset Management (UOBAM), a wholly owned subsidiary of United Overseas Bank headquartered in Singapore, is hiring an Associate Vice President, Data Engineer. The role covers the design, build and maintenance of data platforms, dashboards and data pipelines that support asset management operations.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain infrastructure for enterprise data platforms and machine learning.
• Work with business stakeholders to turn requirements into data visualizations and reporting solutions.
• Design, build and maintain scalable dashboards with BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau or Looker.
• Implement data governance frameworks (cataloging, lineage, quality, access controls) using cloud-native tools such as AWS Glue, Azure Purview and Google Cloud Data Catalog.
• Design and maintain data platforms supporting large-scale ingestion, storage and processing, and evaluate new data technologies.
• Build data pipelines for ingestion, processing and transformation, with data quality checks and validation.
• Use ETL/ELT tools to load data into target systems.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in data engineering, business intelligence, machine learning engineering or a related role in a production environment.
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks (e.g. DAMA-DMBOK) and regulatory compliance (e.g. GDPR, CCPA).
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical and communication skills; able to work in a team or independently.

Required skills

• Hands-on Python and SQL; Java, Scala or C++ is a plus.
• DataOps and MLOps best practices.
• Big data and cloud platforms such as BigQuery, Kafka, GCP and AWS.
• Version control (Git), testing and CI/CD.
• Cloud and data certifications are a plus.