Senior Data Engineer — AI-Driven BigQuery & GCP Pipelines

Hydrogen Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Hydrogen Group is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Sydney to join a 12‑month contract. You will design, develop and implement scalable data solutions across secure pipelines and governance, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to meet real business needs.

You will build end‑to‑end data pipelines in a GCP stack (BigQuery, MySQL) using Python, while partnering with the Data Engineering Lead on data models and quality. Experience with LLMs in data workflows is a plus.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience in a data engineering role.
• Extensive experience building end‑to‑end data pipelines in a GCP environment.
• Strong logical and physical data modelling skills.
• Deep experience in efficient SQL development and query tuning.
• Solid working knowledge of the GCP/BigQuery stack.
• Experience with LLMs in data workflows (desirable).
• Judgement in reviewing AI-generated code in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and build end‑to‑end data pipelines using GCP, BigQuery, MySQL and Python.
• Partner with the Data Engineering Lead to design, develop and maintain the data model.
• Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality and security.

Skills

GCP

BigQuery

SQL development

Data modelling

Python

Data pipelines

AI tooling

Data security

Tools

BigQuery

MySQL

Python

Vertex AI

Job description

Hydrogen Group is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Sydney to join a 12‑month contract. You will design, develop and implement scalable data solutions across secure pipelines and governance, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to meet real business needs.

You will build end‑to‑end data pipelines in a GCP stack (BigQuery, MySQL) using Python, while partnering with the Data Engineering Lead on data models and quality. Experience with LLMs in data workflows is a plus.