Job Description
**Why Biglife**
We’re not just about flights—we’re building an intelligent travel and lifestyle ecosystem. At the heart of it is our Loyalty \& Rewards program, empowering millions of members with personalized offers, real\-time engagement, and seamless redemptions across travel, e\-commerce, and lifestyle services.
As we grow our data capabilities, we’re looking for a Data Engineer I who’s passionate about building data solutions that power smarter loyalty experiences.
**Key Responsibilities:**
**Build \& Maintain Data Pipelines**
- Assist in building and maintaining scalable data pipelines to support member profiling, points accrual/redemption, and campaign analytics.
- Work with structured and semi\-structured data (e.g., JSON from APIs, event logs) and ingest into our loyalty data warehouse.
- Participate in data transformation tasks (ETL/ELT) to ensure clean, usable data for downstream analytics and personalization models.
**Support Loyalty Analytics \& Personalization**
- Enable data flows for segmentation, campaign targeting, and member engagement tracking.
- Collaborate with data analysts and marketers to deliver data for loyalty dashboards, reward redemption insights, and member behavior analysis.
**Ensure Data Quality \& Accuracy**
- Help set up basic validation checks to ensure accurate member transactions and clean event logs.
- Monitor pipeline health and troubleshoot data issues in coordination with senior engineers.
**Cloud \& Integration Exposure**
- Gain hands\-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including BigQuery, Cloud Storage, and Cloud Functions.
- Integrate data from various systems such as Navitaire (for bookings), Firestore (SSO), and third\-party engagement tools (e.g., Clevertap).
**Required Qualifications:**
**Education \& Experience:**
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5\+ years of hands\-on experience in data engineering, with a strong track record of building scalable data pipelines and infrastructure.
- Proven experience in building large\-scale, cloud\-based data infrastructure for high\-volume, high\-velocity data.
- Strong experience with ETL tools, data orchestration frameworks (e.g., Google Cloud Composer), and batch/streaming data processing (e.g., Apache Kafka, Spark).
- Experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or similar cloud services.
**Technical Skills:**
**Who You Are**
- 1–2 years of experience in a data\-related role
- Comfortable with SQL and Python; exposure to any cloud environment is a plus (GCP preferred).
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., BigQuery, MongoDB, PostgreSQL).
- Familiarity with BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Composer, Cloud Functions \& Cloud Run.
- Familiar with basic ETL concepts and working with APIs or data connectors.
- Detail\-oriented and curious—especially about how data can improve user experience and loyalty.
- Eager to learn in a fast\-paced, collaborative, and innovative environment.
- Experience in containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure\-as\-code (Terraform, CloudFormation) is a plus.
**Soft Skills:**
- Strong problem\-solving and analytical skills, with a focus on scalability and efficiency.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in cross\-functional teams.
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business value for non\-technical stakeholders.
- Passion for mentoring and developing junior team members.
**Why Join the Loyalty Data Team at ฺBiglife**
- Work on one of Southeast Asia’s largest loyalty ecosystems.
- Make a real impact—your work powers rewards, promotions, and the everyday travel experience.
- Learn from senior data engineers and analysts in a collaborative environment.
- Be part of a team that values continuous improvement, innovation, and shared success.
**We are all different** \- one talent to another \- that is how we rely on our differences. At AirAsia, you will be treated fairly and given all chances to be your best.We are committed to creating a diverse work environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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