Senior Data Engineer

We're Kit, built by CommBank –an earning-and-learning, mindfully-spending, money-mastering app and prepaid card for kids.

We areadiverse team ofproduct managers,designers,marketers, engineers, risk managers and customer service gurus. And we'reworkingtogether to deliverthe future of financial capability for young people living in Australia.

We're looking for smart people who think differently and want to create products that result in future generations of financially confident, capable and resilient citizens thriving in the new world of money.

Where do you fit in?

At Kit, you'll join a tech-first team driven by a big vision - to boost the financial capability of young people. We see technology as a team sport where cross-functional collaboration solves real customer problems. You'll contribute to a culture of continuous learning through mentoring and initiatives like 'Tech Time Fridays,' while working flexibly from our South Eveleigh office, with in-office days on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Role overview

This role blends tech, product, and purpose, building scalable data pipelines, shaping insights, and lifting data maturity. You'll work cross-functionally to support Kit's mission of making money make sense for kids, driving high-impact, sustainable solutions in a fast-paced scale-up environment.

Key Responsibilities

Build and implement data pipelines in distributed data platforms including warehouses, databases, data lakes and cloud lake houses.

Collaborate with stakeholders to analyse and translate requirements to technical implementation.

Deliver data engineering solutions aligned to core concepts of data design, preparation, transformation, and load.

Design and develop highly reliable and scalable data pipelines and data platforms with comprehensive test coverage.

Identify and drive opportunities for continuous improvement within the team and in delivery of products.

Produce high quality, sustainable solutions to meet business requirements, leveraging approved delivery frameworks and by applying industry best practice.

Provide mentoring and technical assistance to other members of the team, including software engineers and data analysts.

Provide technical governance of product delivery to ensure successful delivery and adoption.

We are interested to hear from people who have experience in

Brings empathy for our core audience (parents of children aged 5–14), either through personal experience or through building products for this demographic.

Proven track record of embedding a data-driven mindset across cross-functional teams, using data effectively to uplift decision-making, business outcomes, and overall data maturity.

Hand-on experience through all stages of SDLC. Advocacy of design-first programming approach to ensure adoption of best engineering practice.

Sound understanding of Data Modelling concepts (e.g. conceptual/logical/physical modelling).

Data storage, transformation, Lakehouse and orchestration concepts with tools such as Databricks.

Proficiency in automation tools and infrastructure as code on any of Azure/AWS/GCP.

Proficiency in programming languages like Python or Typescript for experimentation and executing quick proof of concepts.

Builds data pipelines, dealing with multiple data sources and 3rd party CRM, marketing and billing platforms.

Strong knowledge of SQL for writing, optimizing, and debugging queries.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills to create positive influence on engineering community across the group and capable of selling ideas to senior technology stakeholders.

Desired Skills

Ability to understand broader business objectives and customer needs and translate them into clear prioritisation and product decisions.

Why Join Us?

Enjoy a flexible and dynamic startup environment

We nurture a safe space for our people to show up as they are

Competitive salary and bonus structure

Opportunities for professional growth and development

Access to the best in class benefits that CommBank offers.

Research shows that people from underrepresented backgrounds sometimes hesitate to apply for roles if they don't meet every requirement. If this is you, don't worry - we still encourage you to apply. We are committed to creating a workplace that supports long-lasting and meaningful careers for everyone, and your unique skills and perspective might be just what we're looking for

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