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Data Engineer (AVP)

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A hands-on Data Engineer (AVP) at OCBC who builds and maintains batch and streaming data pipelines, data warehouse/lakehouse datasets, and AI knowledge base (RAG) pipelines supporting banking use cases like risk, fraud, and customer engagement. Core stack includes Spark, SQL, Python, Airflow, Kafka, Flink, and GCP/AWS.

WHO WE ARE

As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires. Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future. We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here. WHO WE ARE

As Singapore’s longest‑established bank, OCBC has supported individuals and businesses in achieving their aspirations since 1932. We are transforming into a future‑ready learning organization – leveraging technology and innovation while staying true to our ambition to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future. Join us to build the bank of the future, work in collaborative teams, and create lasting value for our customers and communities. ROLE

We are seeking a Data Engineer (AVP) to build, maintain, and continuously improve data pipelines that power enterprise‑grade data warehouse, AI knowledge base within a banking environment. Working closely with senior engineers and the head of data engineering, you will help transform structured and unstructured data into reliable, reusable datasets and services that support use cases such as risk management, customer engagement, fraud detection, and intelligent automation. This is a hands‑on engineering role with strong opportunities to grow into streaming, real‑time, and AI‑driven data product work. This role reports to VP/ED, Data Engineering, Group data office. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Batch & Streaming Data Pipeline Development Build and maintain data pipelines feeding data warehouse / lakehouse platforms (e.g., Cloudera, AWS Redshift or GCP BigQuery) Implement data models to support reusable analytical datasets and reporting foundations Follow established SLAs and monitoring practices, and help troubleshoot pipeline issues Develop and maintain batch data processing jobs using Spark, SQL, Python or Java Support and contribute to real‑time streaming pipelines using Flink or similar tools, under senior guidance Assist in building and operating CDC pipelines (e.g., Debezium, Confluent or Fivetran) Build and maintain ingestion pipelines from APIs, GA4, and other data sources Implement messaging/streaming integrations using Pub/Sub and Kafka Write clean, well‑tested SQL and Python scripts and data ingestion and processing pipelines Orchestration & Automation Develop and maintain Airflow DAGs for scheduled and event‑driven workflows Follow orchestration best practices established by senior engineers Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps Deploy and support data workloads on Cloudera, GCP (Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Run), AWS equivalent Contribute to and maintain CI/CD pipelines Use Terraform to provision and manage infrastructure under senior guidance Build and support REST APIs and backend services using Python / Flask Use Redis caching to meet performance requirements for data services AI Knowledge Base & RAG Assist in building and maintaining vector database pipelines and embedding generation jobs under senior guidance Support to deliver processing and chunking workflows that feed AI knowledge bases and RAG pipelines Build, test and monitor semantic search / retrieval quality for AI‑facing data layers Cross‑functional Collaboration Work closely with senior data engineers, AI teams, and business stakeholders (Risk, Marketing, Operations) Help translate business requirements into technical implementation tasks Participate in code reviews and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement REQUIREMENTS

Diploma, Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or a related field At least 5 years of experience in data engineering, data platforms, or related roles. Solid hands‑on experience in build data pipelines on modern data architectures including Data Warehouse, Lakehouse, and batch/real‑time data processing systems. Working AI knowledge base concepts: vector databases, embeddings, and semantic search is a plus Hands‑on RAG pipeline components such as document chunking, embedding generation, and retrieval is a plus Good experience on building data layers that support LLM / AI agent use cases is a plus. Experience in banking or financial services is a plus. Technical Stack Data Warehouse / Platform: exposure to Cloudera, BigQuery, Redshift, or similar Batch Processing: Spark, SQL, ETL, Python, Map/Reduce Streaming: familiarity with Flink or other real‑time processing engines (Good to have) CDC: exposure to Debezium, Confluent, Fivetran, or similar (Good to have) Data Ingestion: APIs, GA4, Pub/Sub, Kafka, Python pipelines Orchestration: Airflow or equivalents Cloud & Infrastructure: GCP or AWS; basic Docker/Kubernetes/Cloud Run experience DevOps / DataOps: exposure to CI/CD pipelines and Terraform Backend & Serving: Python, Flask, REST APIs; familiarity with Redis a plus Additional Preferred Experience Eagerness to learn real‑time / streaming architectures and low‑latency system design Basic exposure to LLM applications, RAG, or AI agent concepts is a plus, not required Good product mindset and willingness to treat data as a product, not just a project Strong communication skills and comfort collaborating with both technical and business stakeholders WHAT WE OFFER

Competitive base salary and comprehensive benefits. Strong learning and development opportunities. Exposure to impactful, enterprise‑scale Data and AI initiatives across the OCBC Group. A collaborative environment that values innovation, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement. Your wellbeing, growth, and aspirations matter to us as much as delivering value to our customers. Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. As the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, we have grown from strength to strength to become a regional financial services group. With a deep history in Asia, we offer the most comprehensive coverage across ASEAN and Greater China, complemented with a presence in the leading economies of New York, London and Sydney. We are the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets with one of the world’s highest credit rating (Aa1 by Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P). We offer private banking services through our wholly‑owned subsidiary, Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open‑architecture product platform to source for the best‑in‑class products to meet its clients’ goals. Our insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia.

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