Data Engineering Director
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As a Data Engineering Director at OKX, you lead a high-impact team in designing and scaling mission-critical data platforms that serve the entire organization. You will drive the adoption of Agentic AI to elevate how the Data Engineering team builds, operates, and evolves its capabilities across the company's enterprise-wide data ecosystem.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor a team of Data Engineers to design and build resilient, scalable, and high-performance data pipelines for both batch and real-time streaming workloads
- Champion Agentic AI adoption across workflows including text-to-SQL agents, automated data quality remediation, and self-healing pipelines
- Define best practices, guardrails, and evaluation frameworks for safely deploying AI agents in the data lifecycle
- Architect and implement robust Data Warehouse and Data Mart solutions, including data modeling and ETL pipeline development
- Design, build, and maintain analytics-ready Data Marts using dimensional modeling techniques such as star and snowflake schemas
- Define and implement cloud-based data infrastructure using industry-standard technologies and modern architectural principles
- Drive technical excellence and delivery across mission-critical projects
- Partner closely with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable data solutions
What you bring
- At least 8+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, or Data Mart related fields
- Practical experience building offline and real-time Data Warehouses
- Familiarity with Data Warehouse Modelling theory and in-depth understanding of Data Warehouse systems, with experience supporting real-world business scenarios
- Familiarity with Agentic AI frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, and AutoGen, and experience productionising them in a data context
- Experience building AI-powered data tools including NL query interfaces, automated anomaly remediation agents, and intelligent data observability
- Hands-on experience applying Agentic AI to data engineering, including text-to-SQL, LLM-powered remediation, self-healing pipelines, and automated metadata/lineage management
Nice to have
- Familiarity with various big data architectures, especially Alicloud DataWorks/MaxCompute, AWS Spark, Databricks, and StarRocks/Doris
- Experience in R&D of real-time big data systems and real-time data warehouses
- Experience building Data Platforms such as User Profiling, Risk Control Systems, and Indicator Systems
- Prior experience managing a team of Software Engineers or Data Engineers
What we offer
- Competitive total compensation package
- Learning and development programs and education subsidy for your growth and development
- Various team building programs and company events
- Wellness and meal allowances
- Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants
About OKX
OKX is a leading crypto exchange and developer of OKX Wallet, giving millions access to crypto trading and decentralized applications. OKX is part of OKG, a group bringing blockchain value to users worldwide through products including OKX, OKX Wallet, and OKLink. The company is backed by Proof of Reserves and operates across multiple global offices united by core principles: We Before Me, Do the Right Thing, and Get Things Done.
Context for this role
From the live jobs we track on CryptoJobsHQ, updated daily.
OKG has 170 open roles on CryptoJobsHQ: 46 in Legal & Compliance, 30 in Product and 20 in Engineering. 9% are fully remote, most of the rest in Singapore and the US. 27 were posted in the last 7 days. The median advertised base salary is $215k, from 17 listings that publish pay.
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