Senior Data Engineer - 8 month contractor

Westpac New Zealand; Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Westpac New Zealand is seeking a Senior Data Engineer who will provide expert domain knowledge and mentor others within the squad. The role collaborates with business stakeholders to ensure high levels of service delivery with risk and compliance always in focus.

You'll work to enable innovative banking products and enhance customer experience, applying Agile delivery and modern DevOps practices. We value experience with Hadoop, Airflow, CDC patterns, Terraform, CI/CD and containerisation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering or related technical discipline.
• Experience with CDC patterns and data streaming.
• Awareness of secure software development practices for handling sensitive data.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow engineers.
• Comfortable in Agile delivery and modern DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert domain knowledge and mentorship within the squad.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure high levels of service delivery and risk/compliance focus.
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues across the application lifecycle.
• Contribute to continuous improvement through testing, QA, and release processes.

Skills

Hadoop

Airflow

Data engineering

Agile delivery

DevOps practices

Mentoring engineers

Quality assurance

Problem solving

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science/Information Systems/Engineering

Relevant certifications preferred

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Containerisation

Job description

About Us

At Westpac New Zealand, our purpose is to Help New Zealanders Succeed. As a Bank and one of New Zealand's leading employers, we are passionate about helping people. We are taking action today to create a better future for the people who bank with us, work with us, invest in us or are part of our broader communities.

Mō te tūranga | About the Role

The Senior Data Engineer not only provides expert domain knowledge and expertise in the area they are working in, but as a senior member of the squad, provides mentorship and guidance to others. They operate with greater scope within the service group, wider technology business unit and with business stakeholders to ensure high levels of Service Delivery are maintained and an overarching focus on risk and compliance is always front of mind in the squad.

Communication, negotiation, collaboration and teamwork, and partnership/relationship building skills are key to achieving desired outcomes in this role. In particular to enable the delivery of great innovative banking products that continue to enhance our customers’ experience.

Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring?

• Good at the Hadoop stack, particularly HDFS and Spark.
• Experience orchestrating data workflows with Airflow.
• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Solid understanding of CDC patterns and data streaming patterns.
• Awareness of secure software development practices for handling sensitive data
• Experience with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines and containerisation.
• Demonstrated ability to assess new technologies, review vendor solutions, and recommend improvements to existing engineering approaches.
• Proven capability in diagnosing and resolving complex technical issues throughout the application lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of quality assurance, testing frameworks, and continuous improvement.
• Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related discipline, with relevant technical certifications preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor, support and grow engineers.
• Comfortable in Agile delivery and modern DevOps practices.