Senior Data Engineer

Overview

Senior Data Engineer – Domain – Sydney

CoStar Group is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Domain is a leading property marketplace servicing 7 million Australians each month and operates the Allhomes and CRE platforms. This role is part of Domain Group’s data department and focuses on designing and implementing robust, scalable data solutions that enable cross‑functional teams to extract insights and drive product innovation.

About Domain

Domain is a leading property marketplace serving consumers, agents, government, and enterprise to digitise the property journey. Learn more at Domain group page.

About the Role

Are you passionate about designing and implementing robust, scalable data solutions in a dynamic environment? We are seeking an innovative Senior Data Engineer to join our data team. You’ll develop scalable data ingestion pipelines for property data assets, establishing them as authoritative sources for property-related decisions across multiple products and business units. You will help build reliable, insightful data solutions that fuel product innovation and drive business growth, including automated workflows with agentic AI solutions.

If you’re excited about turning raw data into valuable insights and building data infrastructure that powers decision‑making, we’d like to hear from you.

Why Join Us

- Flexible hybrid working
- Mentoring and leadership programs with access to Learning & Development tools
- Parental leave and support for working parents
- Regular social events including Innovation Days

Responsibilities

In a typical day you can expect to:

- Lead the design and architecture of innovative data solutions that enhance the property ecosystem across Domain Group
- Collaborate with data architects, platform engineers, and data consumers to define technical requirements and integrate robust data solutions
- Develop scalable data ingestion pipelines and data models; build data warehousing/data lake/lakehouse components
- Establish data quality frameworks and contribute to data governance from an engineering perspective
- Optimize performance, reliability, and cost of data storage, retrieval, and processing at scale
- Mentor junior and mid‑level Data Engineers and lead adoption of best practices
- Identify opportunities to automate data engineering processes and improve tooling
- Work across the Domain Group to deliver value and enable insights

What we’re looking for

- Demonstrated experience in leading the design, architecture, and end-to-end implementation of complex, high‑performance, scalable data pipelines and infrastructure
- Strong data modeling expertise and experience with data warehousing and data lake/lakehouse solutions
- Experience implementing data quality frameworks and contributing to data governance from an engineering perspective
- Proven ability to optimize data storage, retrieval, and processing systems at scale for performance, reliability, and cost
- Technical leadership, mentorship for junior engineers, and collaboration with cross‑functional teams
- Ability to automate data engineering processes and enhance tooling for efficiency and reliability
- Experience collaborating with data architects, platform engineers, and data consumers to define requirements and integrate robust solutions

Our Essentials

- 4+ years of experience as a Senior Data Engineer in commercial/business environments
- Expert SQL with advanced data modeling, query optimization, and data warehousing concepts
- Hands-on experience with modern cloud data platforms (Snowflake or BigQuery)
- Experience with data orchestration and transformation tools (Airflow, DBT)
- Proficient in Python for data applications and automation
- Experience with major cloud platforms (AWS preferred; GCP/Azure valued)
- Version control (Git) and CI/CD for data engineering
- Excellent communication and technical leadership with ability to mentor engineers

Nice to Have

- Knowledge of the real estate industry data challenges
- Experience with streaming data and real-time processing
- Infrastructure as Code (CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform) knowledge
- Experience with ETL tools (SSIS, Fivetran, Stitch, Talend, Airbyte, Matillion)
- Hands-on cloud experience (AWS preferred or GCP/Azure)
- Strong problem-solving skills for performance and scalability
- Strong collaboration across cross-functional teams
- Experience with AI-enabled automation workflows

What’s Next?

We’ll review applications promptly and reach out if there is a match. If so, a recruitment consultant will contact you. We’re excited about the chance to work together and make an impact.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Domain Group is committed to an equitable, inclusive work culture and welcomes applicants from all lived experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We provide adjustments during the recruitment process on request. For accessibility needs, contact our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion team at edi@domain.com.au or call 1300 858 356.

CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

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