Senior Data Engineer – Backend APIs & Pipelines

Telemetry Today LLC; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab in Auckland, NZ is seeking a Senior Software Engineer – Data Engineering to design, build and deploy APIs, services and data pipelines that index, retrieve, visualise and act on cross‑team data.

You’ll mentor junior engineers, review architecture decisions, and help set technical standards while working on back‑end systems, CI/CD, and containerised services in a fast-paced, mission‑driven environment. This is a senior role with real impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong Python development with REST APIs and data tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and deploy APIs, services and data pipelines.
• Index, retrieve, visualize and act on data across teams.
• Lead code reviews and set technical standards.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to support operational software.
• Drive agile ceremonies and backlog prioritization.
• Ensure code is tested and well-documented.

Skills

Python

REST APIs

ETL Pipelines

Pandas

NumPy

SQL

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Jira

Agile

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Job description

Rocket Lab in Auckland, NZ is seeking a Senior Software Engineer – Data Engineering to design, build and deploy APIs, services and data pipelines that index, retrieve, visualise and act on cross‑team data.

You’ll mentor junior engineers, review architecture decisions, and help set technical standards while working on back‑end systems, CI/CD, and containerised services in a fast-paced, mission‑driven environment. This is a senior role with real impact.