Senior Staff Software Engineer (Data Platform)

about company

I am currently working with a well-known biotechnology research company. Office located in Woodlands - but there's shuttle bus provided from multiple MRT stations.

Attractive salary package! Hybrid working arrangement - 2 days WFH. Working hours 8am to 5pm. Can end work early and have more personal time.Will need to take 7am calls with US teams.

about job

• Define the technical architecture to build, modernize, and scale a cloud-native lakehouse and high-performance data platform
• Establish standardized design patterns for low-latency analysis on open table formats at petabyte/population scale
• Provide architectural leadership and partner closely with cross-functional global teams to translate scientific needs into commercial product strategy
• Own the operability, performance, and unit economics of the data platform. Orchestrating and cost-optimizing workloads spanning concurrent jobs
• Champion AI-assisted development tools and workflows to enhance engineering capabilities, productivity, and software quality
• Tech Stack: Java, Python, Apache Iceberg, Parquet, AWS Glue, Spark/Trino, REST/gRPC APIs

Requirements:

• Min 12 years of hands-on experience designing complex, large-scale data platforms or software architectures
• Strong hands-on experience with big data lakehouse architectures, specifically Apache Iceberg internals, Parquet columnar storage, and catalog services like AWS Glue
• Demonstrated experience with cloud hyperscalers (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Docker), orchestration, and infrastructure automation
• Demonstrated experience utilizing AI tools within software development workflows to accelerate productivity