Senior Data & AI Engineer
Job description
My client, a leading digital bank in Southeast Asia, is seeking a Senior Data & AI Engineer to join their Financial Crime team. This is a high-impact role where you will build the data and AI backbone that powers fraud detection, entity resolution, and compliance analytics across a rapidly scaling regional bank.
🔍 What You’ll Do
Build and optimise high-performance data ingestion pipelines using Python, PySpark, and SQL.
Design, develop, and maintain data models for fraud detection, behavioural profiling, and entity resolution.
Work with large, complex datasets within Databricks and cloud environments (AWS preferred).
Implement robust data quality checks and ensure end-to-end pipeline reliability.
Partner closely with Data Scientists, Analysts, Compliance, Operations, and Product teams.
Manage large-scale batch and streaming workloads using jobs, workflows, APIs, and Spark Structured Streaming.
Integrate pipelines with key external systems (sanctions, biometrics, authentication, ID&V).
Support ETL automation, monitoring, DevOps practices, CI/CD, and secure coding standards.
🎯 What We’re Looking For
Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
Strong development skills in Python, PySpark, Scala, and advanced SQL (Postgres preferred).
Hands-on experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric, or similar cloud data platforms.
Experience working with structured and unstructured production-grade data.
Familiarity with Agentic AI, MLFlow, ML models, validation and evaluation frameworks.
Proficiency with AWS, S3, git-based version control, and CI/CD pipelines.
Comfortable working with Delta, Parquet, JSON, CSV, XML file formats.
Excellent communication and teamwork skills in an international environment.
✨ Nice to Have
Experience in Financial Crime, AML, KYC, fraud, or risk systems.
Knowledge of entity resolution tools (e.g., Quantexa, Sensing, open-source frameworks).
Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka, Spark Streaming, MQ.
💼 What’s on Offer
USD 8,000 – 12,000 monthly salary
Hybrid working model with flexible hours
International culture with teams across Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, and South Africa
Competitive compensation, performance bonuses, and strong learning & development support
If you're passionate about data engineering, AI, and building systems that help protect millions of users across Southeast Asia — this is your opportunity.
📩 Apply now and send your cv to jessman@tenten-partners.com.
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