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Senior Data Engineer [Remote]

Engineering

Hanoi, Vietnam

Salary

Negotiable

Posted

Posted yesterday

About This Role

Tekai Vietnam, established in 2024, is a branch of Tekai Finland. Tekai provides software development solutions and technology consulting services in accordance with international standards. As an active member of the Reaktor Ecosystem, Tekai supports European businesses in scaling their operations and driving digital transformation. With a global network and deep expertise, Tekai Vietnam is committed to delivering sustainable value to its clients and partners.

What You Will Do

Your key responsibilities in this role

What You Will Do

•Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and distributed data processing systems.
•Work with AWS cloud services to develop robust, secure, and cost-efficient data infrastructure.
•Implement and optimize ETL/ELT workflows for both structured and unstructured data.
•Automate infrastructure using Terraform, CloudFormation, and CI/CD pipelines.
•Build real-time streaming pipelines using Apache Kafka and distributed computation frameworks.
•Ensure data quality, observability, and monitoring across the entire data lifecycle.
•Collaborate with AI/ML teams to enable GPU-accelerated data processing and model deployment.
•Apply data governance, compliance, and security best practices within enterprise environments.

What We Are Looking For

Required skills and qualifications

Technical Skills

5+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering, with strong proficiency in Python and SQL (DBT preferred) for data modeling, orchestration, and automation.
Deep expertise in AWS ecosystem (Redshift, S3, Glue, Lambda, Lake Formation) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
experienced with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
Solid experience with big data & distributed processing tools: Apache Spark (PySpark), Apache Kafka, and data quality/observability frameworks (Great Expectations, CloudWatch, Grafana).
Good understanding of data governance & security: IAM, KMS, and compliance standards (GDPR, ISO/IEC 27001)
familiarity with MLOps integration (SageMaker, MLflow) is a strong advantage.
Good English communication skills (both written and spoken).

Benefits & Perks

What we offer to our team members

0. BENEFIT

•At Tekai Vietnam, we build a working environment based on trust, proactiveness, transparency, and respect for individuals, reflecting the cultural integration between Vietnam and Finland.
•COMPENSATION & PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
•Competitive compensation, clearly agreed upon from the beginning based on capability, scope of work, and level of contribution.
•Transparent and on-time payment, in accordance with the agreement between both parties.
•Opportunities for long-term collaboration with Tekai in subsequent projects if the cooperation is effective.
•For freelancers with long-term engagement, conversion to long-term collaboration or full-time employment may be considered, if aligned with individual career direction.

1. WORKING ENVIRONMENT & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

•An open working environment, encouraging open communication and two-way feedback.
•Goal- and outcome-based work management, without micromanagement, respecting individual working styles.
•Opportunities to participate in international projects, primarily for the European market, with clear technical standards and ways of working.
•No mandatory participation in internal activities, respecting personal boundaries and freelancers’ personal time.
•A reasonable working pace, emphasizing quality and sustainability, avoiding overwork and burnout.

2. WORKING TIME & WORKING ARRANGEMENT

•Working arrangement: Remote / Freelancer.
•Flexible working time, aligned with project requirements and the registered working hours agreed with the team.
•Partial time overlap may be required with the team and clients (European/Vietnamese business hours, depending on the project).
•Benefits applicable to full-time employees (social insurance, health insurance, annual leave, etc.) are not applied.