The Role
Design, develop, and maintain Ninja Van's data infrastructure. Collaborate on data requirements and promote best practices for data-driven decision-making.
Summary Generated by Built In
Ninja Van is a late-stage logtech startup that is disrupting a massive industry with innovation and cutting edge technology. Launched 2014 in Singapore, we have grown rapidly to become one of Southeast Asia's largest and fastest-growing express logistics companies. Since our inception, we’ve delivered to 100 million different customers across the region with added predictability, flexibility and convenience. Join us in our mission to connect shippers and shoppers across Southeast Asia to a world of new possibilities.
More about us:
- We process 250 million API requests and 3TB of data every day.
- We deliver more than 2 million parcels every day.
- 100% network coverage with 2600+ hubs and stations in 6 SEA markets (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines), reaching 500 million consumers.
- 2 Million active shippers in all e-commerce segments, from the largest marketplaces to the individual social commerce sellers.
- Raised more than US$500 million over five rounds.
We are looking for world-class talent to join our crack team of engineers, product managers and designers. We want people who are passionate about creating software that makes a difference to the world. We like people who are brimming with ideas and who take initiative rather than wait to be told what to do. We prize team-first mentality, personal responsibility and tenacity to solve hard problems and meet deadlines. As part of a small and lean team, you will have a very direct impact on the success of the company.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain Ninja Van's infrastructure for data streaming, processing, and storage.
- Build tools to ensure effective maintenance and monitoring of the data infrastructure.
- Contribute to key architectural decisions for data pipelines and lead the implementation of major initiatives.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver scalable and high-performance solutions for data requirements, including extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) from diverse data sources.
- Enhance the team's data capabilities by sharing knowledge, enforcing best practices, and promoting data-driven decision-making.
- Develop and enforce Ninja Van's data retention policies and backup strategies, ensuring data is stored redundantly and securely.
Requirements
- Strictly looking 8+ years of experience in a similar role, with a proven track record of building scalable and high-performance data infrastructure using Python, PySpark, Spark, and Airflow.
- Solid computer science fundamentals, excellent problem-solving skills, and a strong understanding of distributed computing principles.
- Expert-level SQL knowledge and extensive experience working with both relational and NoSQL databases.
- Advanced knowledge of Apache Kafka, along with demonstrated proficiency in Hadoop v2, HDFS, and MapReduce.
- Hands-on experience with stream-processing systems (e.g., Storm, Spark Streaming), big data querying tools (e.g., Pig, Hive, Spark), and data serialization frameworks (e.g., Protobuf, Thrift, Avro).
- [Good to have] Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code technologies like Terraform, Terragrunt, Ansible, or Helm. Don’t worry if you don’t have this experience—what matters is your interest in learning!
- [Good to have] Experience with Change Data Capture (CDC) technologies such as Maxwell or Debezium.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field from a top university.
Tech Stack
Backend: Play (Java 8+), Golang, Node.js, Python, FastAPI
Frontend: AngularJS, ReactJS
Mobile: Android, Flutter, React Native
Cache: Hazelcast, Redis
Data storage: MySQL, TiDB, Elasticsearch, Delta Lake
Infrastructure monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana
Orchestrator: Kubernetes
Containerization: Docker, Containerd
Cloud Provider: GCP, AWS
Data pipelines: Apache Kafka, Spark Streaming, Maxwell/Debezium, PySpark, TiCDC
Workflow manager: Apache Airflow
Query engines: Apache Spark, Trino
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Top Skills
Airflow
Ansible
Apache Kafka
AWS
Docker
GCP
Hadoop V2
Hdfs
Kubernetes
Mapreduce
NoSQL
Pyspark
Python
Spark
SQL
Terraform
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The Company
What We Do
Ninja Van Group is a tech-enabled logistics organisation, backed by marquee investors including GeoPost, Alibaba Group, and B Capital Group. Launched in 2014 as an e-commerce express logistics company, it reached 100% network coverage by 2018 with over 2,000 stations and hubs across Southeast Asia. Today, around two million parcels course through its network daily. A decade of operations fortified Ninja Van Group’s e-commerce express network, enabling concurrent diversification across the realms of e-commerce and express logistics. To maximise its scale in e-commerce, Ninja Van Group offers a comprehensive suite of solutions – from digital to full-funnel marketing – to help shippers sell better. As a springboard for expansion beyond e-commerce, Ninja Van Group's e-commerce express network lays the groundwork for venturing into other express verticals, including business-to-business inventory restocking and cold chain.
