Data Engineer (Python focused)

The Recruitment Company Australia; Connacht; On-site; EUR 101,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

The Recruitment Company Australia is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join a fast-paced technology team working across data, analytics and emerging AI solutions. This is a 12-month day rate contract offering exposure to modern cloud and AI technologies.

Responsibilities include designing data pipelines, ETL, and production-grade data processing using Python, with AWS cloud exposure and collaboration with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 6+ years’ experience in software, data engineering or enterprise development.
• Strong commercial experience with Python; Java or C# also considered.
• Solid understanding of relational databases (Oracle/Snowflake) and data pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with AWS or other cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop reliable data pipelines for large datasets.
• Build ETL solutions from multiple sources.
• Develop scalable Python applications and data processing solutions.
• Work with AWS to support data and analytics workloads.

Skills

Python

Pandas

NumPy

REST APIs

Linux/Windows

AWS

CI/CD

ETL

OOP

Java/C#

Tools

Oracle

Snowflake

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join a fast-paced technology team working across data, analytics and emerging AI solutions. This is a 12-month day rate contract, offering the opportunity to work on scalable data solutions while getting exposure to modern cloud and AI technologies.

Your Responsibilities

• Design and develop reliable data pipelines for large and complex datasets
• Build solutions to extract, transform and process data from a range of internal and external sources
• Develop scalable applications and data processing solutions using Python
• Work with cloud-based technologies, particularly AWS, to support data and analytics workloads
• Help take ideas from initial concepts and prototypes through to production
• Work closely with developers, data specialists and business stakeholders to deliver technical solutions
• Identify opportunities to improve existing systems, processes and data workflows
• Support production environments and participate in an on-call rotation where required

Your Experience

• 6+ years’ experience in software, data engineering or enterprise development
• Strong commercial experience with Python, with Java or C# also considered
• Solid understanding of relational databases and experience working with technologies such as Oracle, Snowflake or similar
• Strong understanding of data pipelines, ETL and working with large datasets
• Hands-on experience with AWS or other cloud environments
• Good understanding of object-oriented programming and core data structures
• Experience working with tools such as Pandas and NumPy would be beneficial
• Comfortable working with REST APIs, scripting and Linux/Windows environments
• Experience with CI/CD, cloud migration or scalable data processing would be advantageous
• A practical, problem-solving mindset with the ability to take ownership and deliver in a fast-moving environment