Senior Data Engineer - Platform Architect & AI Innovator

The Recruitment Company Pty Ltd; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Recruitment Company Pty Ltd is seeking a Senior Data Engineer/2IC for a global financial organisation in Sydney, Australia. The role combines hands-on engineering with shaping platform design, engineering standards and data practices.

You’ll influence the data platform, drive a Microsoft Fabric migration, and mentor engineers while owning critical data engineering decisions in a modern analytics environment.

Qualifications

• Advanced SQL and database development skills.
• Strong data modelling, ETL/ELT and transformation experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric is a bonus.
• Understanding of modern lakehouse, warehouse and Medallion architecture.
• Knowledge of data quality, lineage, metadata and governance.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in the Microsoft Fabric migration.
• Design and build scalable data solutions across the modern data platform.
• Contribute to engineering standards, reusable patterns and quality practices.
• Work across data modelling, ETL/ELT, transformation and integration.
• Help shape how data is structured, governed and made available for analytics and AI.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring across the wider engineering capability.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Database development

Data modelling

ETL/ELT

Transformation

Git

CI/CD

Python

PySpark

Autonomy

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Git

CI/CD

Job description

The Recruitment Company Pty Ltd is seeking a Senior Data Engineer/2IC for a global financial organisation in Sydney, Australia. The role combines hands-on engineering with shaping platform design, engineering standards and data practices.

You’ll influence the data platform, drive a Microsoft Fabric migration, and mentor engineers while owning critical data engineering decisions in a modern analytics environment.