Principal Data Engineer

5 days ago

Singapore DKatalis Full time

**About DKatalis**

DKatalis is a financial technology company with multiple offices in the APAC region. In our quest to build a better financial world, one of our key goals is to create an ecosystem linked financial services business.

DKatalis is built and backed by experienced and successful entrepreneurs, bankers, and investors in Singapore and Indonesia who have more than 30 years of financial domain experience and are from top-tier schools like Stanford, Cambridge London Business School, JNU with more than 30 years of building financial services/banking experience from Bank BTPN, Danamon, Citibank, McKinsey & Co, Northstar, Farallon Capital, and HSBC.

**About the role**

We are seeking an experienced data engineer to advise, mentor and give hands-on support to our data engineers working across multiple teams in different business areas. The data solutions teams build data pipelines to ingest and surface both batch and streaming data on GCP to support our team of data analysts, data scientists and various stakeholders such as product engineering, growth, customer engagement, fraud, risk and compliance.

The principal data engineer will be responsible for ensuring alignment between data engineers across the various teams with respect to ensuring:

- Best practices are defined and adopted, using visible metrics where required to help drive desired outcomes
- New solutions are designed with strong architectural foundations
- Data quality, data privacy, data discoverability, data lineage, consistency of data definitions and other data governance concerns are well understood and given priority when developing solutions.
- Decisions on whether balance to deploy open source solutions, build internal solutions or buy vendor software are made in a balance context-aware manner considering the long term impact on the organisation and teams
- Solid culture around dataops is cultivated
- Ongoing collaboration with security team members
- Standardisation of tooling and processes is performed where required
- Continuous innovation happens
- Professional development is baked into the team's way of working
- Assistance in growing the team in terms of quality and quantity

**What you will need to have**

The principal data engineer will coordinate across the various data solutions teams' engineering team leads as well as the data engineers within the teams themselves.
- Ideally **GCP**, but strong experience in another platform such as AWS or Azure will suffice
- Cloud data warehouses such as BigQuery, Redshift or Snowflake
- Familiarity with dbt
- Knowledge of pub/sub systems such as Kafka
- Data parallel processing frameworks like Spark or Flink on batch and streaming data
- Workflow scheduler such as Apache Airflow
- Experience programming in Scala and Python
- Familiarity with data quality tools such as Great Expectations or using dbt to drive dat quality
- Proficiency in SQL
- Comfortable writing detailed design documents
- Working proficiency with Kubernetes
- A solid understanding of the retail banking domain is desirable, but not required.

  • Principal Data Engineers

    6 days ago

    Singapore MONARCH TRACTOR ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD. Full time

    **About Monarch Tractor** Monarch Tractor seeks to revolutionize the farming industry and accelerate the future of clean farming. Using data and AI, we are building an electrical autonomous tractor to help farmers in Livermore, California. As we grow our team, we are looking for talented and self-motivated engineers to join us in this journey in...

  • Principal Data Engineer — Lead Enterprise Data Platforms

    7 days ago

    Singapore National Library Board Full time

    A governmental agency in Singapore is seeking a Principal Engineer (Data Engineering) to lead data projects. Ideal candidates have over 10 years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, and team leadership. Responsibilities include architecting enterprise-level data solutions and ensuring data governance. This role requires strong technical...

  • Principal Data Engineer

    5 days ago

    Singapore Collins Aerospace Full time

    Job Description The Principal Data Engineer will independently manage a portfolio of projects that support FlightSense (FLS) digitization efforts. Digitization efforts include leading FLS data science initiatives, developing FLS automation solutions, & creating optimization opportunities within the FLS organization. The individual will work closely with all...

  • Principal Engineer

    13 hours ago

    Singapore PERSOL SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. Full time

    Principal Engineer (AI & Data Engineering) Lead the Architecture of our Next-Generation AI Data Platform Are you a visionary data leader passionate about building robust, scalable data platforms that power mission-critical AI solutions? We are seeking a highly motivated Principal Engineer (AI & Data Engineering) to play a pivotal role in shaping the future...

  • Principal Data Engineer

    4 days ago

    Singapore Sleek Full time

    A fintech company in Singapore is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to drive innovative data solutions. The role involves designing greenfield data architecture and leading the implementation of ETL/ELT pipelines. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in data engineering, including expertise in GCP technologies. This position allows for flexible...

  • Principal Engineer

    2 days ago

    Singapore VIZZIO TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. Full time

    We are looking for an innovative leader in software engineering to develop and design solutions that will meet business needs. The Principal Engineer’s responsibilities include leading a team of engineers, understanding client/project requirements and functional specifications and participate actively in research & development with his UE4 Engine...

  • Principal AI

    5 days ago

    Singapore Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Full time

    A semiconductor fabrication company in Singapore is seeking a Principal Engineer for their IT Department. This role involves leading complex software projects, developing scalable data lakehouse solutions, and implementing AI/ML models. The ideal candidate has a strong background in software engineering and project management, with at least 5 years of...

  • Principal Engineer

    2 weeks ago

    Singapore MPA Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Full time

    [What the role is] Undertake the functions of Principal Engineer in the Statistics & Data Systems (SDS) department to support the collection, storage and analysis of data in a scalable, repeatable and secure manner. [What you will be working on] - Lead the planning, stakeholder engagement, development, implementation and maintenance of systems for data...

  • Principal Engineer

    2 weeks ago

    Singapore The Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS) Full time

    Join to apply for the Principal Engineer role at The Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS)4 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for the Principal Engineer role at The Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS)Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Principal Software Engineer - Digital Ops-Tech Centre (DOTC)About Us...

  • Principal Data Solutions Architect

    1 week ago

    Singapore Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Co. Pte. Ltd. Full time

    Position Detail - Principal Data Solutions Architect- Posting Date : 03 Jul 2025 | Closing Date :01 Oct 2025_**Roles & Responsibilities** **SSMC** (Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Company Pte. Ltd.), is a Joint Venture between NXP and TSMC. We offer flexible and cost effective semiconductor fabrication solutions by maintaining fully equipped SMIF cleanroom...