Elite Data Engineers Wanted in SG - World Class Buy-side Firms - Mid to Senior

Data Engineer | Leading Buy-Side Firm | Singapore

I'm partnering with a leading global hedge fund to hire an experienced Data Engineer for its Multi-Asset Arbitrage technology team in Singapore.

You'll build the core data platform powering quantitative research, large-scale backtesting and portfolio management. This is a hands-on role offering direct exposure to quantitative researchers and complex engineering challenges involving petabyte-scale data.

What You'll Be Doing

• Build data platforms supporting quantitative research and backtesting.
• Develop petabyte-scale ingestion, ETL, storage and data-quality pipelines.
• Design batch and real-time systems across lakehouse, warehouse and data-lake architectures.
• Build APIs that make complex datasets easily accessible.
• Improve platform performance, scalability and reliability.
• Own solutions from design through production.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of data-engineering or backtesting-infrastructure experience.
• Strong Python, SQL and database expertise.
• Experience with time-series or large-scale data stores.
• Hands-on knowledge of Pandas, Polars, Dask, PySpark or similar frameworks.
• Experience with batch and streaming pipelines, distributed systems, Kafka or Redis.
• Knowledge of columnar formats such as Parquet or Arrow.
• Strong debugging, performance optimisation and communication skills.
• Singapore Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required.

Relevant backgrounds include hedge funds, asset managers, proprietary trading firms, investment banks and financial-technology companies.

Nice to Have

• Rust or C++ development experience.
• ClickHouse, Snowflake, Kafka Streams or Flink.
• REST APIs and observability tools such as Prometheus or Grafana.
• Knowledge of financial instruments, research, portfolio management, risk or trading workflows.

Why Join

• Build technology used directly by portfolio managers and quantitative researchers.
• Work with petabyte-scale datasets and complex distributed systems.
• See your work influence investment and trading decisions.
• Take meaningful ownership within a major long-term platform build.
• Receive highly competitive compensation, with an open budget for outstanding candidates.

If you're ready to accelerate your career and build data technology at the heart of a world-class investment business, please apply with your latest resume or get in touch for a confidential conversation.

BAH Partners specialises in placing world-class technology and quantitative talent across Asia-Pacific's leading financial institutions and technology-driven organisations.