Senior Data Engineer

3 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Talenza Full time $90,000 - $105,000 per year

Role: Senior Data Engineer

Day Rate: $1150 - $1250 incl. Super

Contract Length: 6-months

Location: Sydney CBD/WFH Flex

We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join a large-scale digital transformation program. You'll play a pivotal role in designing, building, and optimising data pipelines and platform components across a modern cloud-based ecosystem, enabling scalable and reusable data assets for analytics, insights, and operational use.

The Role

  • Design, develop, and maintain reliable data pipelines using AWS (Glue, Lambda, S3) and Snowflake.
  • Translate solution designs and modelling specs into technical implementations.
  • Build reusable, modular data assets with embedded logging, observability, and error handling.
  • Apply CI/CD practices in collaboration with DevOps teams for automated builds, testing, and deployments.
  • Partner with Solution Designers, Data Ops, and analytics teams to ensure solutions are scalable and fit for downstream consumption.
  • Mentor junior engineers, contribute to documentation, and uplift engineering standards across the team.

About You

  • 5+ years' experience in data engineering or related development roles.
  • Strong SQL and Python skills.
  • Proven experience delivering end-to-end pipelines and transformations in cloud platforms.
  • Solid knowledge of Snowflake and AWS services (Glue, Lambda, S3).
  • Familiarity with CI/CD practices and version control.
  • Snowflake and/or AWS certifications.
  • Experience with data quality frameworks and automated testing (e.g. dbt, Great Expectations).
  • Exposure to regulated industries, public sector, or insurance.
  • Experience with modern analytics workflows (real-time, streaming, ML features).

If this sounds like YOU, please APPLY today

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