First VP, Senior Data Engineer, Group Technology & Ops

October 8, 2026

Company: 1011 United Overseas Bank Ltd About UOB United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers. Job Description We are seeking a hands-on Senior Data Engineer to build enterprise-scale ingestion frameworks, Lakehouse data platforms, governed data products and analytical data models using (Hive, Impala, Spark, Kafka, Iceberg, Ranger, Atlas, Nifi, Flink etc.,) The role will partner with architecture, governance, analytics and business teams to deliver trusted, reusable and AI-ready data assets. Design metadata-driven ingestion frameworks supporting batch, CDC, streaming, APIs and files. Develop reusable Spark/Python components, orchestration, logging, monitoring and error handling. Build Bronze, Silver and Gold layers using Lakehouse principles. Design conceptual, logical and physical data models. Create business-facing data products with metadata, lineage and SLAs. Implement data quality controls and observability. Performance tune Spark jobs and distributed processing workloads. Support DevOps, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code practices. Strong Programming skills(java, python, sql) Build robust data ingestion and transformation frameworks using Java, Spark, Python, and shell scripting for ingesting multi model data(image, audio, video, unstructured documents) with both batch and real-time. Strong hands on experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, CI/CD, MLflow and observability tools. Ability to design data architectures supporting NLP and AI‑driven analytics, including ingestion, curation, and governance of unstructured data within Data Lake, Data warehouse platforms. Experience working with ML platforms such as CML, Spark MLlib, and Python ML libraries (scikit‑learn, XGBoost), including model deployment. Design and develop highly scalable, Real time systems using Hadoop ecosystem components(Iceberg, Spark, Ozone, Trino, Hive, Ranger, Kafka, Flink and Nifi) Strong experience in building full agentic application with all the features(e.g mcp/tools/memory/rag) Experienced Cloud platforms and Cloud based app deployments with observability Strong exposure to AI-driven risk scoring, fraud investigation and explainable AI use cases in banking. Develop full‑stack applications and internal engineering tools using Python, shell scripting, and modern web frameworks (e.g., Flask, React). Collaborate closely with data scientists to operationalize machine learning models using Cloudera Machine Learning (CML). Perform performance tuning and optimization of data applications on Hadoop to ensure optimal resource utilization Job Requirements: Master’s degree in computer science or a related disciplines. At least 15 years of experience in technology delivery, preferably within banking or financial services Mandatory Skills Apache Spark (PySpark) Java, Python Advanced SQL Data Modeling Delta Lake/Lakehouse concepts ETL/ELT and CDC API integration and data engineering best practices Preferred Skills Airflow Kubernetes Terraform Data Products Additional Requirements Be a Part of the UOB Family UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application. Apply now and make a Difference Together, Let’s Build the Future of ASEAN We value our people and invest in them as we look to fulfil our purpose of building the future of ASEAN. We seek to create a collaborative and progressive environment for them to succeed in their careers for the long term. Explore career opportunities with us today. UOB is rated as one of the world's top banks, ranked 'Aa1' by Moody's Investors Service and 'AA-' by both S&P Global and Fitch Ratings. With a global network of 500 branches and offices across 19 countries in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as branches and offices throughout the region. Career Site: UOB Career site

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