Senior Data Platform Engineer – Scale Reliable Pipelines

carsales

Australia

Hybrid

AUD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+
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Hybrid work model
Wellbeing initiatives
Flexible working arrangements
Parental leave

Job summary

carsales is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to own a significant portion of our Data Platform Engineering. You will be a technical anchor, collaborating with Product & Technology teams to translate requirements into scalable data pipelines.

You’ll optimize Snowflake, design in dbt Cloud, and mentor the team while exploring AI tooling with a focus on reliability and privacy. This role embraces hybrid working and supports wellbeing and learning.

Qualifications

  • Deep expertise in SQL and Snowflake with clustering and performance tuning.
  • Expert-level dbt Cloud experience in model architecture and testing standards.
  • Strong Python engineering practices for production pipelines.
  • Experience with event-driven architectures using RabbitMQ.
  • Solid production PostgreSQL experience and data governance knowledge.
  • Familiarity with AI tooling in development lifecycles and cost considerations.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication aligned with customer-obsessed values.

Responsibilities

  • Own the reliability, quality, and evolution of a major portion of the data platform.
  • Lead performance tuning and cost optimisation across Snowflake environments.
  • Design model architecture in dbt Cloud and guide incremental strategies.
  • Architect scalable data pipelines with robust error handling and observability.
  • Translate business requirements into data engineering solutions for stakeholders.
  • Mentor teammates through code reviews and knowledge sharing.
  • Evaluate AI tooling for reliability, privacy, and auditability.

Skills

SQL
Snowflake
dbt Cloud
Python
PostgreSQL
RabbitMQ
GitHub Actions
C#
Data governance
Collaboration & communication

Tools

Snowflake
dbt Cloud
RabbitMQ
PostgreSQL
GitHub Actions
.NET/C#

Job description

carsales is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to own a significant portion of our Data Platform Engineering. You will be a technical anchor, collaborating with Product & Technology teams to translate requirements into scalable data pipelines.

You’ll optimize Snowflake, design in dbt Cloud, and mentor the team while exploring AI tooling with a focus on reliability and privacy. This role embraces hybrid working and supports wellbeing and learning.

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