Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies

Develops secure cybersecurity solutions and research

Data Engineer - Big Data Processing

Data EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSingaporeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A degree or professional qualification in Computer Science or equivalent is required.
Strong foundations in programming languages such as Scala or Java are required.
Familiarity with Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, the Elastic stack, and Kudu is required.
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and concepts is required.
Candidates must be able to communicate technical details effectively and clearly.
Good interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills are required to work in a dynamic environment.
Only Singapore citizens will be considered.

Responsibilities

Design and build scalable, robust, and maintainable data pipelines to ingest crucial data using cutting-edge platforms and technologies.
Work with product managers, engineering managers, and key stakeholders to deliver impactful data products that meet business needs.
Optimize the performance of large-scale data pipelines for low latency, high throughput, and high reliability.
Ensure data integrity, quality, and governance through robust design and operational monitoring.
Build and experiment with agentic AI systems, such as multi-step autonomous agents and tool-using large language model workflows.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in critical data pipelines.
Implement data engineering best practices, including testing, orchestration, and monitoring of data pipelines.
Participate in technical discussions with the team and key stakeholders to shape the future of data products.

Desired Qualifications

Exposure to agentic AI systems is a plus.

CSIT develops products to advance the national security interests of Singapore. We use our products in a wide range of use-cases, including but not limited to Counter-terrorism and Computer Network Defence. We are looking for talented senior data engineers to lead and build mission-critical products that identify, analyse and investigate threats.

Role

As a data engineer in a team that is responsible for mission-critical data analytics systems, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of high-performance data pipelines and systems related to national security. You will be involved in complex technical projects to collect, parse and process large datasets with the aim of turning them into useful information and insights. Join us to seize the opportunity to use cutting-edge technologies to protect the nation.

Responsibilities

Design and build data pipelines that are scalable, robust and maintainable to ingest crucial data using cutting-edge platforms and technologies
Work with product managers, engineering managers and key stakeholders to deliver impactful data products that meet our business needs
Optimise performance of large-scale data pipelines for low latency, high throughput and high reliability
Ensure data integrity, quality and governance through robust design and operational monitoring
Build and experiment with Agentic AI systems (e.g. multi-step autonomous agents, tool-using LLM workflows)
Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in critical data pipelines
Implement data engineering best practices, including testing, orchestration and monitoring of data pipelines
Participate in technical discussions with the team and key stakeholders to shape the future of our data products

Requirements

A degree or professional qualification in Computer Science or equivalent
Strong foundations in programming languages such as Scala or Java
Familiarity with the following technologies: Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Elastic stack, Kudu
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and concepts, exposure to agentic AI systems would be a plus
Able to communicate technical details effectively and clearly
Good interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skills to get things done in a dynamic environment

Why join us?

The work is purposeful and meaningful
You will get to work with talented and driven people
We work with modern technologies and tech stacks
We have excellent engineering culture and work-life balance
We aspire for engineering and operational excellence
We empower to innovate

As CSIT is an agency under the Ministry of Defence (Singapore), only Singapore Citizens will be considered.

About the Company

Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies

Develops secure cybersecurity solutions and research

CSIT builds cybersecurity and secure digital solutions to safeguard Singapore’s national security, conducting applied cybersecurity research and developing AI and data-exploitation tools in a self-built secure cloud. Its engineers design and deploy software within this private cloud to counter digital threats and protect highly sensitive information. The center’s work is closely tied to national defense, focusing on applied research rather than consumer products and using an in-house secure cloud. Its goal is to shield Singapore from cyber threats and safeguard sensitive secrets through advanced technology.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Founded: 2003

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