Senior Python Engineer — Data Platform Replatforming Lead

Talent International; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 138,000 - 248,000; Part time

Job summary

Talent International seeks an experienced Senior Python Developer to lead and hands‑on re-platforming of a data processing application onto a modern platform. The role is a part‑time 6‑month contract based in Docklands, Melbourne.

This position suits a senior engineer or Tech Lead who enjoys remaining hands‑on while providing technical direction, mentoring, and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Senior Software Engineer or Tech Lead with experience in application modernisation or re-platforming.
• Experience designing data-intensive applications and ETL pipelines.
• Strong understanding of OO design, patterns, and clean code principles.
• Able to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and implementation of the re-platforming initiative.
• Define migration approach and develop Python solutions for data workloads.
• Design and develop data-intensive apps, ETL workflows, APIs, and microservices.
• Build data ingestion, transformation, validation, and processing pipelines.

Skills

Python development

Technical leadership

Software design

ETL pipelines

API & microservices

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Git

Job description

Talent International seeks an experienced Senior Python Developer to lead and hands‑on re-platforming of a data processing application onto a modern platform. The role is a part‑time 6‑month contract based in Docklands, Melbourne.

This position suits a senior engineer or Tech Lead who enjoys remaining hands‑on while providing technical direction, mentoring, and stakeholder engagement.