Type Full Time
Arrangement Hybrid
Salary Competitive base salary
Seniority Mid
Sector Higher education
Technical Engineering
Posted 9 Feb 2026
analytics Architecture and Infrastructure

Data Engineer role focused on building and optimizing data pipelines supporting analytics and AI platforms in higher education.

Role Overview

As a Data Engineer at QS, you will build and maintain data pipelines that power analytics and AI platforms within the higher education sector. This is a full-time, permanent role based in Kuala Lumpur with a hybrid working arrangement.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines for structured and semi-structured datasets.
  • Integrate external datasets into data lake and analytics platforms.
  • Collaborate on data quality, governance, and security best practices.
  • Build automated workflows for data acquisition and validation.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot data pipeline performance.
  • Work with APIs and web scraping tools.

Requirements

  • Experience in data engineering or related roles.
  • Proficiency in SQL and Python.
  • Experience with AWS and data warehousing tools such as Snowflake.
  • Familiarity with Airflow, dbt, and Git.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

Additional Information

QS offers a competitive salary, bonus scheme, flexible hybrid work, and extensive benefits supporting wellbeing and professional growth.