Senior Data Platform Engineer – Real-Time, Cloud-Native

Internetwork Expert; New South Wales; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Simple Machines is a global tech consultancy delivering modern data platforms, AI, and bespoke software across Sydney, New Zealand, London, Poland, and San Francisco. We seek a hands-on Principal Data Platforms Engineer to lead platform design, architecture decisions, and secure, production-grade data solutions for high-value clients.

You’ll design greenfield data platforms, real-time pipelines, and data products, collaborating in small, high-calibre teams close to client problems and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven track record building and operating large-scale data platforms.
• Experience delivering real-time and batch data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture of cloud-native data platforms.
• Design scalable data ecosystems using data mesh, data products and contracts.
• Build and optimize batch and real-time pipelines.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark

Databricks

Snowflake

Cloud platforms

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

dbt

Great Expectations

Soda

Kafka

Flink

Airflow

Job description

Simple Machines is a global tech consultancy delivering modern data platforms, AI, and bespoke software across Sydney, New Zealand, London, Poland, and San Francisco. We seek a hands-on Principal Data Platforms Engineer to lead platform design, architecture decisions, and secure, production-grade data solutions for high-value clients.

You’ll design greenfield data platforms, real-time pipelines, and data products, collaborating in small, high-calibre teams close to client problems and outcomes.