Senior Cloud Data Platform Engineer – Flexible Growth

Kiwibank; Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing support

Flexible working

Benefits package

Job summary

Kiwibank in Wellington is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to help deliver a modern cloud-based data platform. You’ll write code and tests, work with cloud technologies, and collaborate with a strong team to deliver data solutions across the organization.

The role emphasizes agile delivery, DevSecOps practices, and opportunities to grow your engineering craft while enabling AI adoption within data platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering data solutions from requirements to production using Scrum or another agile framework.
• Proficient in Python and testing.
• Strong data/backend development mindset.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices.
• Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS, Terraform, Snowflake, Airflow).

Responsibilities

• Deliver data solutions from requirements to production using Scrum or other agile frameworks.
• Write high-quality code and tests in Python and related stack.
• Contribute to CI/CD and DevSecOps practices.
• Collaborate with engineers as customers to shape data platform features.
• Work with cloud-based data platform technologies (AWS, Snowflake, Airflow, DBT).
• Support AI adoption within data platforms.

Skills

Python

APIs

Data engineering

CI/CD

DevSecOps

AI adoption

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Snowflake

Airflow

DBT

Docker

Job description

Kiwibank in Wellington is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to help deliver a modern cloud-based data platform. You’ll write code and tests, work with cloud technologies, and collaborate with a strong team to deliver data solutions across the organization.

The role emphasizes agile delivery, DevSecOps practices, and opportunities to grow your engineering craft while enabling AI adoption within data platforms.