Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer

Melbourne Hybrid 180,000 200,000 Super

A leading Australian financial institution is expanding its data engineering capability and is looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join its Melbourne-based technology team.

Youll work on high-impact data initiatives across a large-scale financial environment, building reliable data platforms and pipelines that support analytics, reporting, customer insights and business-critical decision making.

The Role

Youll be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining scalable data solutions while working closely with data analysts, engineers, architects and business stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

Designing and developing scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes

Building and maintaining cloud-based data platforms

Developing high-quality data models and transformation processes

Integrating data from multiple internal and external sources

Improving data quality, reliability and performance

Working with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions

Contributing to data architecture and engineering standards

Supporting CI/CD and automated deployment practices

Monitoring and troubleshooting data pipelines and production environments

Helping drive modernisation of existing data platforms and processes

About You

Youll ideally bring:

5 years' experience in data engineering

Strong experience with Python and SQL

Experience building production-grade ETL/ELT pipelines

Strong understanding of data modelling and data warehousing

Experience with cloud data platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP

Exposure to technologies such as Databricks, Snowflake, Spark or Airflow

Experience working with APIs and integrating disparate data sources

Understanding of CI/CD and modern engineering practices

Strong communication skills and the ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Experience within banking, financial services or another highly regulated environment would be advantageous.

Whats On Offer

180,000 200,000 super

Melbourne CBD

Hybrid working environment

Work on large-scale financial data platforms

Strong investment in modern data and cloud technologies

Opportunity to contribute to major data transformation initiatives

Collaborative engineering culture

If you're an experienced Data Engineer looking for a role where you can work on genuinely large-scale data challenges within financial services, we'd be keen to hear from you.

Apply now or reach out for a confidential discussion.