Principal Data Engineer

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Allura Partners Full time

Principal Data Engineer / Melbourne / Permanent / $200k + super + 30% bonus

About the company

Principal Data Engineer / Melbourne / Permanent / $200k + super + 30% bonus

About the company
A leading Australian financial services company is undergoing digital transformation, committed to leveraging cloud and data technologies to drive business outcomes. With a focus on innovation, scalability, and long-term impact, the company invests in modern data platforms and analytics to empower decision-making across the enterprise.

About the role
Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, you will lead the design and delivery of enterprise-wide data platforms and pipelines. As Principal Data Platform Engineer, you will provide hands-on leadership, drive engineering excellence, and mentor teams to build scalable, secure, and interoperable data architectures. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders to ensure alignment with strategic cloud and data initiatives, enabling advanced analytics, AI/ML, and operational intelligence.

Benefits

  • Salary package of $200,000 + super + 30% bonus
  • Hybrid working model: flexible mix of office and remote work
  • Professional development and leadership growth opportunities
  • Exposure to cutting-edge data and cloud technologies
  • Collaborative, high-impact, and forward-thinking work environment
Duties / Key responsibilities
  • Architect scalable, cloud-native data platform solutions using modern technologies
  • Drive engineering excellence through CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and DevSecOps best practices
  • Ensure platform interoperability, enabling seamless data flow and collaboration across teams
  • Mentor and uplift engineering teams, providing thought leadership and hands-on coaching
  • Collaborate with architecture, security, and platform leaders to influence enterprise-wide cloud and data strategy
  • Lead design and implementation of resilient data services with robust SLAs and proactive monitoring
  • Partner with governance teams to embed metadata management, lineage tracking, and access controls
  • Champion reusable design patterns and modern engineering principles in data product delivery
  • Actively participate in hands-on delivery alongside local and offshore teams
Skills and experience
  • 10+ years in data engineering, with experience leading complex, enterprise-scale initiatives
  • Strong expertise in cloud data platforms (Snowflake, AWS, Azure Data Services, Databricks)
  • Skilled in building data pipelines using frameworks such as DBT, Airflow, Kafka, and Spark
  • Automation-first mindset: Infrastructure as Code using Python, Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.
  • Proven track record in designing high-performance, scalable, secure, and reliable data solutions
  • Experience mentoring engineers and elevating team capability
  • Knowledge of data governance, security, and privacy regulations
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
If you're interested in this opportunity and feel you're the right fit please click "apply"

About Allura Partners
Allura Partners was founded to support private equity firms by placing C-Suites to lead, transform, and scale portfolio companies. Today, in addition to our proven private equity specialisation, we've become a trusted partner for major ASX-listed and private enterprises in Australia, offering executive search, recruitment, and business transformation. Known for integrity, reliability, and results, our expertise spans Executive Search, Accounting & Finance, Transformation & Change, and Technology & Digital. We connect businesses and top-tier talent, exceeding expectations and driving lasting impact.

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