Data Engineering Leader - Consulting & Solutions

Salt Digital Recruitment; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Discounted Health Insurance for family

Job summary

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking a Manager - Data Engineering in New Zealand. The role leads a team of 12-15 data engineers and 1 cloud engineer, balancing hands-on consulting, presales, and people management.

You will drive data engineering solutions, client relationships, and internal capability growth, reporting to the Director. Expect a 5-day onsite work week with a salary range of $180,000–$200,000 NZD, flexible for the right fit.

Qualifications

• Experience leading data engineering & analytics teams in complex environments.
• Strong background in Data Warehousing, Data Construct, and multi-dimensional modelling.
• Mandatory experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP; hands-on with at least two cloud platforms.
• Proficiency in data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, Qlik, Google Data Studio).
• Direct team leadership and consulting background; capable of client-facing delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of Data Engineering Solutions.
• Provide project management oversight for schedules, budgets, and timelines on complex projects.
• Maintain and nurture client relationships and drive value delivery.
• Support the sales team in proposing data engineering solutions.
• Create service offerings and solutions tailored to the NZ market.
• Lead and mentor the data engineering team to elevate capabilities.

Skills

SQL

GCP

AWS

Azure

Python

Snowflake

Scala

DBT

CI/CD

Jira

Github

Tableau

Power BI

Qlik

Google Data Studio

Tools

SAP

DBT

Job description

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking a Manager - Data Engineering in New Zealand. The role leads a team of 12-15 data engineers and 1 cloud engineer, balancing hands-on consulting, presales, and people management.

You will drive data engineering solutions, client relationships, and internal capability growth, reporting to the Director. Expect a 5-day onsite work week with a salary range of $180,000–$200,000 NZD, flexible for the right fit.