Lead Data Engineer — Snowflake & dbt (Hands-on)

Commonwealth Bank Of Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is seeking a Lead Data Engineer for a 12-month fixed-term contract in Sydney CBD, NSW. The role focuses on delivering data engineering capabilities for AML/CTF and broader financial crime initiatives, leading a small team while also contributing hands-on coding.

You will design, build and optimise data pipelines using Snowflake and dbt, review code, set engineering standards and collaborate across ASB, FCC Australia and NZ to translate complex requirements into

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on data engineering experience building production data pipelines.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience with cloud data platforms (Snowflake preferred).
• Experience providing technical leadership to data engineers, including reviews and standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of 3–4 data engineers, analysts and QAs with technical direction.
• Design, build and optimise production-grade data pipelines and integrations.
• Write high-quality SQL/dbt code and contribute to core engineering work.
• Establish engineering standards for coding, testing, deployment and monitoring.

Skills

SQL

Hands-on data engineering

Team leadership

Cloud data platforms

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

IBM StreamSets

Job description

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is seeking a Lead Data Engineer for a 12-month fixed-term contract in Sydney CBD, NSW. The role focuses on delivering data engineering capabilities for AML/CTF and broader financial crime initiatives, leading a small team while also contributing hands-on coding.

You will design, build and optimise data pipelines using Snowflake and dbt, review code, set engineering standards and collaborate across ASB, FCC Australia and NZ to translate complex requirements into