Assistant Data Engineering Lead

A career at Swire Properties is more than just work, it’s a calling.

We’re searching for exceptional individuals who want to live and breathe “Creative Transformation” – our distinct mindset and long-term approach that inspires everything we do and how we do it. It inspires us to constantly explore new perspectives and seek out original thinking that goes beyond the conventional. Our mission, ultimately, is to constantly add value to communities and create truly amazing and sustainable places where people can thrive. Additionally, we are deeply committed to prioritising health and safety in all our operations, ensuring a healthy, safe and supporting environment for our People, partners and the communities we serve.

Join us today and work on career-defining projects that are changing the industry in Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland, Miami and Southeast Asia.

We are now looking for a talented Assistant Data Engineering Lead to be part of our team. The candidate will be leading a small data management and engineering team to manage and enhance a data platform on cloud.  The incumbent will work closely with internal IT, business stakeholders, data analyst, business analyst and vendors on planning, management, execution & delivery of data management and the enablement for data-driven business model for Swire Properties. The incumbent will also work with internal stakeholders in ensuring the data is managed in accordance to Data protection policies.

• Maintain, design, and enhance a Data Platform on the Cloud, to enable both CRM and non-CRM applications, such as data analytics, customer de-duplication and anonymization, machine learning model and Generative AI adoption
• Lead a team of internal and external developers in maintaining and enhancing existing ETL pipelines and storage on an Azure Data Platform
• Supporting the Data Management and Analytics Lead in managing and prioritizing enhancements on cloud platform
• Collaborate with Digital & IT Team and external data management vendors to establish end-to-end data pipeline (real-time and/or batch) from data ingestion, transformation, to data modelling through requirement gathering, data mapping, testing, and troubleshooting, and other relevant processes
• Develop and enhance the data deduplication and anonymization pipelines upon data source updates, and changes
• Integrate and update a Data Model for BI Dashboard and general analytics development
• Collect and review requirements to update and maintain a robust data model for a wide range of analytics purposes
• Ensure the data and information are delivered on-time with high quality, good performance, reconciled and integrity assured
• Support the Data Management and Analytics Lead in providing data requirements on upstream systems and touchpoints upon the introduction of incremental

• University graduate in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information System or related discipline 
• Minimum 5 years’ working experience in data infrastructure and architecture with demonstrated experience and capability in data warehousing, data modelling and design, data integration, data migration, ETL/ELT, BI and Big data solutions skill sets and strong SQL, Pyspark & Python
• Experience in data processing with small data & big data storage format like CSV, Parquet, Hive Metastore is a must
• Experience with implementing and maintaining cloud services such as Azure (Data Lake Storage Gen2, SQL DB, Data Factory, Databricks, Unity Catalog, DevOps) or related is highly desirable
• Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration/ Development (CI/CD) in data platform development and design, implementation & maintenance regarding data platform security is highly desirable
• Experience with implementing semantic model for BI visualization tool, Machine Learning engineering or Agentic AI implementation is highly desirable
• Experience with data quality management, data lineage & data catalog is highly desirable
• Experience with Agile or Scrum methodologies and working with project management tools like Jira is a plus
• Experience in leading a small team of data engineers and vendor management
• Good presentation & communication skills written and spoken English, Cantonese and Mandarin

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

• Decision Quality
• Cultivates Innovation
• Business Acumen
• Drives for Results
• Ensures Accountability
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Collaborates
• Communicates Effectively
• Situational Adaptability

• We’ve won the Randstad Hong Kong Most Attractive Employer Award in 2022, and have been in the Top 10 since 2017
• HRoot Best Employer Award 2023 (Chinese Mainland)

Don’t Miss This Opportunity

As an equal opportunity employer, Swire Properties strives to foster a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace, where People can thrive.

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