Data Engineer: Build Modern Data Platforms & Pipelines

Fusion5; Wellington; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative culture

Competitive salary

Flexible work arrangements

Birthday leave

Volunteer days

Social events

Development pathways

Job summary

Fusion5 is seeking a Data Engineer to join the New Zealand Data & Analytics team, based in Auckland, Wellington, or Christchurch. This role is hands-on and delivery-focused, requiring solid experience across the modern data stack and a pragmatic consulting mindset.

You will own end-to-end data platforms — ingestion, transformation, modelling and reporting — collaborating with architects and senior consultants to ensure quality and timely outcomes across client engagements.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of hands-on data engineering experience.
• Experience across Microsoft Fabric, Azure (ADF/ADLS/Synapse) and Databricks.
• Strong SQL and Python, with ETL/ELT pipeline design and data modelling skills.
• Experience designing with lakehouse/medallion architecture.
• Solid consulting basics: requirements, documentation, estimating, and client communication.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data ingestion, transformation, modelling and warehousing pipelines across Fabric, Azure and Databricks.
• Deliver Power BI reports and semantic models as needed by clients.
• Apply best-fit tools across client engagements rather than defaulting to one approach.
• Incorporate data quality, governance, and security into deliverables.
• Support data migrations (CRM/ERP) with Business Applications teams.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data engineering

Data modelling

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure

Databricks

Power BI

SQL

Python

Job description

Fusion5 is seeking a Data Engineer to join the New Zealand Data & Analytics team, based in Auckland, Wellington, or Christchurch. This role is hands-on and delivery-focused, requiring solid experience across the modern data stack and a pragmatic consulting mindset.

You will own end-to-end data platforms — ingestion, transformation, modelling and reporting — collaborating with architects and senior consultants to ensure quality and timely outcomes across client engagements.