Senior Principal Data Architect & Hands-On Engineer

Precision Sourcing Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Precision Sourcing Australia is seeking a Senior-Principal Data Engineer/Architect to join a fast-growing technology consultancy focused on data, analytics, AI and cloud solutions. You will design, build and optimize data pipelines, producing production-grade Databricks solutions while mentoring engineers and guiding engagement with clients.

You will stay hands-on, architect scalable data platforms, and collaborate with architects on solutions, estimations and delivery planning across data

Qualifications

• 6+ years’ experience in Data Engineering or Data Platforms.
• Hands-on experience delivering production solutions on Databricks.
• Strong Python, PySpark, SQL, and ETL/ELT pipelines skills.
• Solid understanding of Medallion and Lakehouse architectures.
• Strong data modelling knowledge (Dimensional, Star, Snowflake).
• Cloud data platform experience, ideally Microsoft Azure.
• DevOps practices (version control, CI/CD, automated deployment).
• Experience with testing and data quality in production.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building and optimising data pipelines across data lakes, lakehouses and warehouses.
• Delivering production-grade solutions on Databricks and cloud data technologies.
• Developing transformations using Python, PySpark and SQL.
• Working with Databricks notebooks, workflows and Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines.
• Applying Lakehouse and Medallion architecture patterns.
• Designing robust data models for analytics, reporting and downstream consumption.
• Applying DevOps practices including Git, CI/CD and automated deployment.
• Implementing testing, data validation, monitoring and performance optimisation.
• Working directly with clients to translate business needs into pragmatic technical solutions.
• Collaborating with architects on solution design, estimation and delivery planning.
• Leading technical discussions with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Conducting peer reviews and mentoring junior and intermediate engineers.
• Contributing to reusable frameworks, templates and engineering standards.

Skills

Databricks

Python

PySpark

SQL

Data Modeling

Data Lakehouse

Azure

DevOps

Stakeholder Communication

Mentoring

Tools

Databricks Notebooks

Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines

Delta Live Tables

CI/CD

Job description

Precision Sourcing Australia is seeking a Senior-Principal Data Engineer/Architect to join a fast-growing technology consultancy focused on data, analytics, AI and cloud solutions. You will design, build and optimize data pipelines, producing production-grade Databricks solutions while mentoring engineers and guiding engagement with clients.

You will stay hands-on, architect scalable data platforms, and collaborate with architects on solutions, estimations and delivery planning across data