Hybrid Data Engineer: Build & Automate Client Pipelines

Synergia Ltd; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Synergia Ltd in Auckland is seeking a Data Engineer to strengthen our analytics capability. You will design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines across diverse client sources, validating data and integrating it into our data warehouse.

The role blends engineering with consulting, requiring clear communication with non-technical stakeholders and the ability to scope work from ambiguous briefs. You'll work mainly in the office with some work-from-home days, collaborating with data scientists,

Qualifications

• Degree in data science, computer science, statistics, or related quantitative field; ~3+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong SQL skills; practical experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Experience with modern cloud-based data infrastructure and data warehousing.
• Proficiency in Python and/or R; familiarity with Polars, pandas or tidyverse is a plus.
• Knowledge of version control (Git).
• Confidence explaining technical decisions to non-technical audiences, including clients.
• Prior consulting or client-facing experience
• Track record of managing shifting priorities and incomplete specifications without losing momentum.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines that validate, standardise, and integrate data from diverse client sources into our data warehouse.
• Automate data quality checks and documentation so pipelines stay reproducible and maintainable by others.
• Work with client data managers to resolve data issues, understand system constraints, and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Support the wider quantitative analysis cycle when required: cleaning, structuring, and preparing data for analysis and reporting.
• Contribute technical input to client-facing conversations, scoping documents, and funding or sales proposals.
• Manage your own workload across multiple concurrent projects, each with a different client, data maturity, and level of ambiguity.

Skills

SQL

ETL/ELT pipelines

Python

R

Cloud data warehousing

Git

Client-facing

Data quality

Pandas

Polars

Education

Bachelor's degree in data science / CS / statistics or related

Tools

AWS

Snowflake

Terraform

Airflow

Job description

Synergia Ltd in Auckland is seeking a Data Engineer to strengthen our analytics capability. You will design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines across diverse client sources, validating data and integrating it into our data warehouse.

The role blends engineering with consulting, requiring clear communication with non-technical stakeholders and the ability to scope work from ambiguous briefs. You'll work mainly in the office with some work-from-home days, collaborating with data scientists,