Careers

Handshakes is an award-winning DataTech company. We enable our clients to make safer, more informed decisions by delivering meaningful insights, harnessed from reliable data.  scoutAsia, a platform developed by Nikkei and Financial Times with AI powered by Handshakes, provides in-depth insights into the Asian business market.  

We are seeking a resourceful and motivated Inside Sales Associate to join our scoutAsia team in our Philippines office. As an Inside Sales Associate, you have a crucial role in driving sales growth by qualifying leads, supporting sales activities, and ensuring a smooth customer journey.

Responsibilities of an Inside Sales Associate include but will not be limited to:

• Qualifying inbound leads and conduct outbound prospecting
• Assisting Sales Specialists in preparing sales materials and conducting client demos
• Building rapport with client prospects and provide initial product demonstrations
• Maintaining accurate data within our CRM and generate insightful reports
• Assisting with administrative tasks related to the sales process including client documentation such as service agreements, contracts or order forms

To be successful in this role of an Inside Sales Associate in our Philippines office, you would have:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in CRM systems and sales methodologies
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• A passion for sales and a desire to succeed in a fast-paced environment
• A collaborative and proactive team player mentality

This role requires working during night shift / US hours.

We are not engaging with recruitment agencies for this hiring.  Submit your application for an Inside Sales Associate here or liaise directly via email to [email protected].  

Handshakes is an award-winning DataTech company. We enable our clients to make safer, more informed decisions by delivering meaningful insights, harnessed from reliable data.

We apply machine learning technology to analyze and provide corporate data from public and private domains. Our award-winning Handshakes App fuses these data to provide strategic business intelligence for our clients.

We seek a dynamic and motivated Senior Data Engineer to join our innovative team in Singapore.  The Senior Data Engineer will design, develop and maintain scalable data transformation pipelines to support business needs.  

Key responsibilities of a Senior Data Engineer include:

• Design and develop scalable data pipelines using Python and Scala.
• Build and maintain ETL processes for large and complex datasets.
• Ensure data integrity and quality through validation and control measures.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects to design secure and reliable data architectures.
• Identify and implement optimizations for data transformation processes.

To be a successful Senior Data Engineer, you would have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in data engineering, with a focus on Python or Scala.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with relational database systems.
• Experience in designing and developing scalable data pipelines.
• Knowledge of cloud-based data platforms such as AWS or Azure is a plus

We are not engaging with recruitment agencies for this hiring. 

Submit your application for a Senior Data Engineer here or liaise directly via email to [email protected]

Handshakes is an award-winning DataTech company. We enable our clients to make safer, more informed decisions by delivering meaningful insights, harnessed from reliable data.

We apply machine learning technology to analyze and provide corporate data from public and private domains. Our award-winning Handshakes App fuses these data to provide strategic business intelligence for our clients.

We are seeking for a talented AI Engineer with a keen interest in machine learning and large language models (LLMs) to join our dynamic AI team working on new features related to our products. As an AI Engineer, you will be contributing to the research and implemenation of machine learning models and algorithms, with a particular focus on large language models and deep learning techniques.

Fresh graduates with a related degree in data and artificial intelligence are welcome to apply. You can submit your details here along with some of your key projects related to LLM or NLP.

As an AI Engineer, you would have the following:

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar
• Solid understanding of machine learning algorithms, optimization techniques, and model evaluation methodologies
• Familiarity with data warehouse architecture and data modeling concepts
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment

We are not engaging with recruitment agencies and referrals from recruitment firms will not be entertained. If interested, apply here or send your profile or inquiries directly to [email protected].

Handshakes is an award-winning DataTech company that empowers clients to make informed decisions by providing valuable insights derived from reliable data sources. Leveraging cutting-edge machine learning technology, we analyze and offer corporate data from both public and private domains. Our Handshakes App is recognized for fusing these data sources to deliver strategic business intelligence to our clientele.

We are looking to expand our Business Development team in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We are hiring for an Assistant Director, Business Development. The Assistant Director for Business Development will be responsible for developing and executing strategic business development plans and driving revenue. The Assistant Director for Business Development will be working with the Business Development team in Kuala Lumpur and other cross-functional teams based in Malaysia and elsewhere to achieve revenue and market share growth targets.

Key responsibilities for the Assistant Director, Business Development include, and are not limited to:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive business development strategy for specific territories in the Malaysia region, including market and competitor analysis, and identification of growth opportunities
• Manage and maintain a healthy sales pipeline and ensure follow-up on leads and prospects
• Use data-driven insights to make informed decisions around sales performance, market trends and business development activities

As an experienced Assistant Director for Business Development, you would have

• Proven track record of at least 8 years of experience in business development and sales.
• Savvy negotiation and objective handling skills. Able to anticipate sales issues and implement strategies early in the sales process to mitigate.
• Knowledge of the Malaysia market, including industry trends and competitive landscape across either SaaS, Big Data or Artificial Intelligence solutions.
• An understanding of either capital markets, regulatory and compliance landscapes, or corporate data is a significant advantage.
• Mandarin speaking and writing skills would be an additional advantage.

If interested, apply here or send your profile or inquiries directly to [email protected]

We are not engaging with recruitment agencies and referrals from recruitment firms will not be entertained

Handshakes by DC Frontiers is an award-winning DataTech company that leverages data to empower safe, informed business decisions. We are located in 7 cities and are expanding our presence across the globe.

We are hiring a Data Engineer to be based in our Kuala Lumpur office. The Data Engineer will be part of our Data and AI team that is involved in building innovative products on cutting-edge technologies to solve business problems. As a Data Engineer, you should be a data pipeline builder and a data wrangler who enjoys optimizing data systems and building them from the ground up.

Our field moves extremely quickly, and so it is important that you have a combination of curiosity and creativity. You should have strong analytical skills and the ability to combine data from different sources.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Creating and maintaining optimal data pipeline architecture
• Developing and implementing (e.g., in Python) ML techniques to understand, interpret and extract features from datasets
• Participating in building the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and Python
• Handling large amounts of sensitive data and creating, maintaining &scaling ETL pipelines to fuel web applications

If you have the following skills or seeking to develop in depth skills as below, then this role is for you!

• Knowledge of multiple or at least one programming language such as: Python, Java, Scala, GoLang
• Experience with relational SQL and/or NoSQL databases, including Postgres and Cassandra
• Hands on with big data tools: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, et al
• Some exposure to Azure, AWS or GCP

We are not engaging with recruitment agencies for this hiring.  Submit your application for a Data Engineer here or liaise directly via email to [email protected]

Handshakes is an award-winning DataTech company that leverages data to empower safe, informed business decisions. We are located in 7 cities and are expanding our presence across the globe.

We are looking for an Artificial Intelligence Engineer (AI Engineer) with experience and passion in Machine Learning. As an AI Engineer, you will be part of a team involved in designing, developing and deploying scalable machine learning products. This role will be based in our Malaysia office, specifically in Kuala Lumpur.

Experience and interest in Natural Language Processing (NLP) would be key to this role as an AI Engineer.  Other areas covered would be:

• Named Entity Recognition
• Relationship Recognition and Resolution
• Text Classification
• Sentiment Analysis

Your responsibilities as an Artificial Intelligence Engineer (AI Engineer) include but are not limited to:

• Building relevant engineering pipelines and assure that the AI engine is efficient, scalable and of good quality to meet project requirements
• Designing and developing machine learning applications and models in different domains
• Providing impact analysis when there is a change to the existing pipeline
• Continuously improving quality and efficiency of AI engine
• Automating model runs as well as the deployment of model pipelines

Ideally, as an experienced Artificial Intelligence Engineer (AI Engineer), you would have:

• Demonstrable experience with Machine Learning engineering and programming skills in Python
• Practical experience in building RESTful APIs
• Experience with Natural Language Processing (NLP), data mining, machine intelligence
• Hands on experience of implementing and deploying machine learning models in a production environment
• Proficiency with one or more deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, et al.

It would be a plus if you had the following:

• Knowledge of cloud concepts and devops
• An understanding of working with message queues
• MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or related technical field

We are not engaging with recruitment agencies. To ensure that your candidature is considered, apply here or send your profile or inquiries directly to [email protected].  Submission through other channels will not be entertained

Handshakes by DC Frontiers is an award-winning DataTech company. We enable our clients to make safer, more informed decisions by delivering meaningful insights, harnessed from reliable data.

As part of our ongoing efforts to encourage, mould and bring in promising young talents, we are running our Internship Programme for 2025.  This is especially for business, finance, accounting and other non-IT undergraduates.  Join Handshakes as an intern and challenge yourself to think out of the box, learn new skills and develop a practical hands-on experience.  While working on exciting projects, you will be mentored and guided all throughout.

This is a chance to gain first-hand experience in a fast-paced, fun and exciting tech firm.

Submit your internship application with us here or drop an email to [email protected]

Handshakes is an award-winning DataTech company. We enable our clients to make safer, more informed decisions by delivering meaningful insights, harnessed from reliable data.

As part of our ongoing efforts to encourage, mold and bring in promising young talents, we are running our Internship Program for the coming year.  The internship program offers posts within Software Engineering, Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Join Handshakes as an intern and challenge yourself to think out of the box, learn new skills and develop a practical hands-on experience. While working on exciting projects, you will be mentored and guided all throughout.

This is a chance to gain first-hand experience in a fast-paced, fun and exciting tech firm.

Submit your internship application with us here or drop an email to [email protected]

This role will require working with your Singapore HQ and Vietnam counterparts to cover the Asian Financial Markets. As a Business Network Analyst, you will need to work with the team to extract key information of public companies for our clients, who rely on us to make vital business decisions.

We are looking for candidates who have a keen eye for detail; it is important that key information of public companies extracted and documented are precise. We move quickly as we need to ensure these information from public listed disclosures are up to date.

Candidates are required to have taken either the JELA (JobStreet English Language Assessment) or MUET (Malaysian University English Test) before applying.