Senior Data Engineer: Data Streaming, Airflow & Mentorship

JobSpace; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jora New Zealand in Auckland is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead complex data initiatives, mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable data platforms.

You will work with Hadoop stack, Airflow, and modern DevOps practices to ensure high service delivery and compliance, while continuously improving data quality and performance. This role requires 5+ years of data engineering experience, strong communication, and the ability to influence across squads.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of data engineering, platform engineering, or related discipline.
• Experience with data workflows and modern data platforms.
• Knowledge of secure software development for handling sensitive data.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and guide engineers within the squad.
• Ensure high levels of service delivery with risk and compliance in mind.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to enable innovative data products.
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues across the lifecycle.

Skills

Data engineering

Mentoring

Agile delivery

DevOps practices

Stakeholder collaboration

Problem solving

Security best practices

Education

Tertiary qualification in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

HDFS

Spark

Airflow

Terraform

CI/CD

Containerisation

Job description

Jora New Zealand in Auckland is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead complex data initiatives, mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable data platforms.

You will work with Hadoop stack, Airflow, and modern DevOps practices to ensure high service delivery and compliance, while continuously improving data quality and performance. This role requires 5+ years of data engineering experience, strong communication, and the ability to influence across squads.