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Data Engineer @ Asian Pac
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Hoong Kai Chan

Data Engineer @ Asian Pac
All about building for data and turning messy data into something useful, with an emphasis on: ✅ Data Quality ⚙️ Reliability 🔁 Automation Always looking to explore new ideas and discuss how data plays a role in your industry, do reach out and connect! 專門把雜亂資料變得精準又好用,也講究資料品質、流程順暢跟自動化。
Asian Pac
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Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malaysia

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Uploaded on Sep 18th 2025

Professional Background

  • Current Status
    Employed
  • Profession
    Big Data Engineer
    Data Engineer
    Database
  • Fields
    Big Data
    Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
    Software
  • Work Experience
    2-4 years (2-4 years relevant)
  • Management
    None
  • Skills
    Power BI
    Tableau
    MongoDB
    GitHub Actions
    Git
    FastAPI
    Flask
    Pandas
    PyTorch
    A/B Testing
    Requirements Gathering
    Product Management
    Computer Vision
    REST APIs
    Artificial Intelligence
    Machine Learning
    Polars
    Data Warehousing
    Data Modelling
    Snowflake
    Azure
    AWS
    dbt
    SQL
    Python
  • Languages
    English
    Native or Bilingual
    Chinese
    Native or Bilingual
    Malay
    Professional
    Thai
    Fluent
  • Highest Level of Education
    Bachelor

Job Search Preferences

  • Current Status
    Open to opportunities
  • Desired Job Type
    Full-time
    Not interested in working remotely
  • Desired Positions
    Data Engineer
  • Desired Work Locations
    New Taipei, Taiwan
    Taipei City, Taiwan
  • Freelance
    Full-time freelancer

Work Experience

Data Engineer

Asian Pac
Full-time
Aug 2024 - Present
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Built scalable, cloud-native data pipelines in Python and SQL, and responsible for managing up to 100+ pipelines. -Processed structured and semi-structured data, storing them in Snowflake, MongoDB, and Azure SQL, supporting data workflows across 5+ business units and enabling a 30% improvement in reporting efficiency. - Design and build data pipelines for unstructured data such as images and perform preprocessing, storage, and integration into downstream systems. - Designed ingestion pipelines integrating various APIs and queue systems to support high-volume asynchronous data ingestion with minimal latency. - Deployed ETL workflows on AWS (Lambda, S3, EC2) and Azure (ADF, Functions) using CI/CD pipelines, improving deployment speed and reducing downtime. - Developed geospatial pipelines by integrating GIS shapefiles and geocoding APIs, improving address accuracy across >1,000,000 property records. - Automated data scraping workflows using Playwright and Python for public data collection, supporting near real-time updates and cloud integration. - Collaborated in agile teams, continuously improving data validation and quality control processes using source control and automated testing.

Product and Analytics Specialist

Tranglo
Full-time
Apr 2023 - Aug 2024
1 yr 5 mos
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Lead collaboration efforts with cross-functional teams to establish smooth communication during integration of diverse financial solutions. - Maintained transaction success rate of over 95% across all corridors, ensuring high reliability for users and partners. - Develop and maintain interactive data visualizations in PowerBI to track key performance metrics effectively. - Collaborate with developers to ensure API designs meet user needs and integrate seamlessly with existing systems. - Develop automated reporting solutions to enhance data accessibility and accuracy for various stakeholders. - Redesign transaction workflows to enhance processing speeds by reducing redundant steps and increasing system efficiency, resulting in transactions completing within 10 seconds. - Implement best practices for documentation and knowledge sharing to enhance team efficiency and onboarding.

Intern - Product

Tranglo
Internship
Nov 2022 - Mar 2023
5 mos
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Analyzed user needs and collaborating with product managers to enhance system design efficiencies. - Conducted comprehensive testing on change requests for production deployment to ensure system integrity and functionality. - Assisted in developing product specifications and user stories to align the team's efforts with strategic goals.

Education

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Bachelor’s Degree
Computer Science, Data Science
2020 - 2023
3.64/4 GPA
Activities and societies
TAR UMT Swimming Club TAR UMT Photography Society Music Society TAR UMT
Description
Final Year Project: - Computer Vision in Identifying Brain Tumours with Neural Networks (https://eprints.tarc.edu.my/id/eprint/26063)
High School Diploma
Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) in Pure Science
2013 - 2017
Activities and societies
Committee Member - Quartermaster (2017)
Description
Grade: 10As and 1B Core Subjects (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Additional Mathematics, etc.) and electives in Chinese Language and Principles of Accounting 1119 English (GCE-O) Grade: 1A

Licenses & Certifications

Malaysian University English Test (MUET) - Band 4.5

Malaysian Examinations Council
Expiration Date: Jan 2028

Intel OpenVINO Toolkit

Intel Corporation
Issued Sep 2022
No Expiration Date

AWS Academy Graduate - AWS Academy Cloud Foundations

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Issued May 2022
No Expiration Date