Data Engineer: Build Scalable Data Platforms & Pipelines

Heartland Bank LTD; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Heartland Bank LTD in New Zealand seeks a Data Engineer to help maintain, optimise and evolve its enterprise data platform. You will balance BAU delivery with strategic data initiatives, collaborating with analysts, scientists and BI developers to deliver trusted data solutions.

You’ll work on production pipelines, data modelling and data quality, while engaging with stakeholders to ensure data supports informed decision-making and regulatory reporting needs.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Data Engineering, Data Warehouse or Analytics Engineering role.
• Strong SQL development skills.
• Experience building and supporting ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Exposure to cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Databricks or similar technologies.
• Experience working with data integration, transformation and orchestration tools.
• Knowledge of data modelling, data governance and data quality principles.
• Understanding of DevOps, CI/CD and release management practices.
• Experience supporting production environments and resolving operational issues.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• A collaborative approach and desire to continually improve processes and platforms.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining production data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
• Monitoring, troubleshooting and resolving data issues within service levels.
• Managing BAU data engineering activities for high availability and data integrity.
• Developing and enhancing data integration solutions across systems and platforms.
• Collaborating with Data Analysts, Data Scientists, BI Developers and stakeholders to deliver trusted data solutions.
• Optimising data models, processing performance and storage efficiency.
• Supporting regulatory, risk, finance and operational reporting through high-quality data delivery.
• Implementing testing, monitoring and data quality controls.
• Contributing to data platform enhancements and automation initiatives.
• Maintaining technical documentation and support processes.
• Participating in incident management, root cause analysis and problem resolution.
• Supporting cloud-based data platform initiatives and future-state architecture improvements.

Skills

SQL development

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Cloud data platforms

Tools

Snowflake

Azure Synapse

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

Data integration tools

Job description

Heartland Bank LTD in New Zealand seeks a Data Engineer to help maintain, optimise and evolve its enterprise data platform. You will balance BAU delivery with strategic data initiatives, collaborating with analysts, scientists and BI developers to deliver trusted data solutions.

You’ll work on production pipelines, data modelling and data quality, while engaging with stakeholders to ensure data supports informed decision-making and regulatory reporting needs.