# Data Engineering Manager - Big Data

> Unison Group · Singapore, Singapore · Contract · Posted 2026-10-22

**Salary:** SGD 80,000–120,000

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Manish

## Description

**Location:** Singapore  
**Experience:** 10+ years in Data Engineering, including hands-on Big Data expertise and team management  
**Domain:** Banking / Financial Services preferred

## Key Responsibilities

-   Lead and manage data engineering teams to design, develop, and deliver scalable enterprise data platforms and pipelines.
-   Maintain strong hands-on expertise in Big Data technologies such as **Hadoop, Spark, PySpark, Hive, Kafka, and distributed data processing**.
-   Design and implement robust ETL/ELT pipelines, data ingestion frameworks, data transformation, and data integration solutions.
-   Drive data engineering architecture, technical design, performance tuning, and optimization of large-scale data processing workloads.
-   Manage data lake, data warehouse, and modern cloud-based data platform implementations.
-   Work with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP and technologies such as Databricks, where applicable.
-   Lead data quality, data governance, metadata management, security, and data reliability initiatives.
-   Collaborate with solution architects, data architects, business stakeholders, and project managers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
-   Manage project delivery, resource allocation, technical reviews, risk mitigation, and delivery timelines.
-   Mentor engineers, establish engineering best practices, and ensure high-quality, maintainable, and production-ready code.

## Required Skills and Experience

-   10+ years of experience in data engineering, Big Data development, and enterprise data platforms.
-   Proven **hands-on experience in Big Data technologies**, with the ability to guide teams technically and troubleshoot complex engineering challenges.
-   Strong proficiency in Python, PySpark, SQL, and distributed data processing frameworks.
-   Experience building and managing complex data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and large-scale data processing solutions.
-   Demonstrated experience leading data engineering teams, managing deliverables, and driving technical execution.
-   Strong understanding of data modelling, data architecture, performance optimization, and data platform scalability.
-   Experience with cloud-based data engineering and modern data platforms is highly desirable.
-   Excellent stakeholder management, communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills.

**Preferred:** Experience in banking, financial services, regulatory reporting, risk analytics, or other data-intensive enterprise environments.

**Ideal Candidate:** A technically strong Data Engineering Manager who combines practical Big Data development experience with proven people leadership, solution delivery, and the ability to guide engineers through complex data engineering challenges.

## Apply

[Apply at Unison Group](https://apply.workable.com/unisongroup/j/4B800A1680/apply)

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