Senior Data Engineer at Informa

George Town, Penang, Malaysia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

14 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

16 Mar, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Data Pipelines, ETL/ELT, Data Ingestion, Data Quality, Cloud Platforms, AWS, Azure, GCP, SQL, Python, Data Modelling, Automation, Orchestration Tools, Git, Terraform, Docker

Industry

Information Services

Description

Company Description Do you want to develop your career and make an impact in the fast-growth, fast-moving B2B technology space? At Informa TechTarget, you’ll collaborate and grow alongside some of the industry’s most respected experts. You’ll work with leading brands and be exposed to world-shaping innovations. You’ll apply your energy and intellect to helping clients be faster to market and faster to revenue. We’re a vibrant community of world-class practitioners – over 2000 colleagues strong – with offices in 19 locations around the world. We’re traded on Nasdaq and also part of Informa PLC, a global leader in business-to-business events, digital services, and academic research in the FTSE 100. About Informa TechTarget Informa TechTarget (Nasdaq: TTGT) informs, influences and connects the world’s technology buyers and sellers, to accelerate growth from R&D to ROI. With an unparalleled reach of over 220 highly targeted technology-specific websites and more than 50 million permissioned first-party audience members, Informa TechTarget has a unique understanding of and insight into technology markets. Underpinned by those audiences and their data, we offer expert-led, data-driven, and digitally enabled services that deliver significant impact and measurable outcomes to our clients. We provide our customers with: Trusted information that shapes the industry and informs investment Intelligence and advice that guides and influences strategy Advertising that grows reputation and establishes thought leadership Custom content that engages and prompts action Intent and demand generation that more precisely targets and converts Our organization is committed to sustainability, diversity, wellbeing, and ethical working practices. Visit informatechtarget.com and follow us on LinkedIn. For more information, visit informatechtarget.com and follow us on LinkedIn Job Description This role is based in our Menara Skymind office. We are looking for a Data Engineer to join our Data Engineering team in Penang. Purpose of role: Data Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and infrastructure to support the organization’s data and analytics needs. They play a critical role in the end-to-end data lifecycle by ensuring that data is reliably collected, efficiently processed, and made accessible for analysis across various business functions. This position requires strong technical proficiency in data engineering tools, cloud platforms, and integration frameworks, as well as a deep understanding of data modelling, data quality, and automation best practices. In addition, they are expected to troubleshoot issues, manage risks, and continuously optimize data workflows for performance and reliability. The Data Engineer also collaborates closely with key stakeholders across the Intelligence & Advisory (I&A) division, including Data Analysts, Research teams, and Technology partners, to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions. They contribute to shaping data strategy, reviewing integration and pipeline designs, and mentoring junior team members to uplift engineering standards across the organization. Key Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for data ingestion from diverse sources (APIs, web scraping, cloud systems, files). Implement data quality checks, monitoring, and validation processes to ensure accuracy and reliability. Collaborate with stakeholders to understand data requirements and translate them into efficient technical solutions. Manage and optimize data storage across cloud and on-premises environments (e.g., AWS S3, databases, and warehouses). Automate manual processes (e.g., Excel, VBA workflows) into centralized and scalable solutions. Work with orchestration tools to schedule and monitor data workflows. Maintain documentation for data pipelines, transformations, and system integrations. Ensure data security, compliance, and governance standards are applied consistently. Ethics & Transparency: Ensure strict compliance with global data regulations (such as GDPR, CCPA) and internal governance standards to safeguard personal and sensitive data across all data pipelines and storage systems. Maintain transparency in data engineering processes by clearly documenting data sources, transformation logic, data quality rules, and pipeline behavior so stakeholders understand how data is processed and delivered. Take ownership of assigned engineering tasks and proactively engage with stakeholders, including analysts, researchers, and technology teams to ensure clear, timely, and accurate communication throughout the data lifecycle. Demonstrate a strong understanding and commitment to Data Engineering and I&A goals, values, and best practices, adhering to all relevant policies, security guidelines, and ethical data-handling frameworks. Qualifications Successful track record in building and maintaining customised data tools using a range of applications (e.g. Alteryx, R, Python, SQL, Alteryx, IBM PA/TM1) Statistical analysis and data science experience Data visualisation and reporting experience using Business Information tools such as Tableau and Power BI Experience with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP) Experience with dev ops culture & tools (Git, Terraform, Docker) Comfortable interacting with senior stakeholders across the business and with clients Strong academic background in a relevant field (e.g. Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering) Additional Information We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you’re not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces – like at an Informa event – you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely. TechTarget, Inc., doing business as Informa TechTarget, including its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment. If you would like to request reasonable adjustments or accommodations to assist your participation in the hiring process and, or in the advertised position, please inform the appropriate Talent Acquisition Partner for the role once they have been in touch. Your request will be reviewed and considered in confidence. Informa TechTarget complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable federal, state or local law. Our benefits include: Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves Time out: annual leave, birthday leave and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world See how Informa handles your personal data when you apply for a job here.

Responsibilities

The Data Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and infrastructure to support organizational data and analytics needs, ensuring data is reliably collected, processed, and accessible across business functions. Key duties include developing ETL/ELT pipelines, implementing data quality checks, automating manual processes, and collaborating with stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.