Platform Engineer

Synechron; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Synechron in Sydney, Australia, seeks a data engineer to build and maintain dbt transformation models across pipeline layers, write Snowflake SQL for complex transformations, and develop Airflow DAGs on AWS ECS. You’ll contribute to AWS Lambda-based ingestion, maintain source-to-target mappings, and support downstream data sharing.

Join a global IT services provider focused on banking, finance and payments, with a culture of inclusion and flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience with modern data platforms and cloud services.
• Strong knowledge of Snowflake, dbt Core and Airflow.
• Experience building data pipelines and performing data quality checks.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain dbt transformation models across pipeline layers from raw ingestion to governed datasets.
• Write Snowflake SQL for complex transformations including type casting, deduplication and surrogate key generation.
• Develop and debug Apache Airflow DAGs on AWS ECS.
• Contribute to AWS Lambda-based ingestion workflows, including file validation and S3 event handling.
• Maintain source-to-target mappings and align models to business specs.
• Support onboarding of downstream consumers via data sharing mechanisms and event-driven notifications.
• Participate in code reviews and own tickets from design through production.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data modeling

ETL testing

CI/CD

Tools

Snowflake

dbt Core

Apache Airflow

AWS

S3

Lambda

Job description

Synechron, is a global provider of Information Technology outsourcing services focused on the banking, finance and payments industry. We provide a broad range of IT services and technology solutions that are flexible, cost-effective, efficient and reliable. We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver high quality resources and solutions to our clients. Through Synechron’s Financial innovation labs, we continue to develop innovative solutions by providing engineering payment solutions, creating tools and processes that shape the evolution of technology. For more information on the company, please visit our website:www.synechron.com.

Job Description:

• Building and maintaining dbt transformation models across multiple pipeline layers — from raw ingestion through to governed, consumer-ready datasets
• Writing Snowflake SQL for complex transformations: type casting, deduplication, incremental load logic, surrogate key generation
• Developing and debugging Apache Airflow DAGs on AWS ECS
• Contributing to AWS Lambda-based ingestion( Python) — file validation, control file generation, S3 event handling
• Maintaining source-to-target mapping documentation and aligning models to business requirements and data specs
• Supporting onboarding of downstream consumers via data sharing mechanisms and event-driven notifications
• Participating in code reviews, writing YAML-based data quality tests, and owning tickets from design through to production
• Strong Snowflake, DBT, AWS, Airflow
• Proficiency with dbt Core
• Apache Iceberg Table format (Nice to have)
• AWS - Working Knowledge of S3, Lambda, MWAA, ECS, Glue Catalogs, Lake Formation, Lambda, SQS, EventBridge
• Experience with fixed-format or structured financial data files
• CICD with Github Actions.

SYNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.