Senior Data Engineer — Lead Modern Data Platform & Mentorship

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi; Wellington; On-site; NZD 134,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

5 weeks leave

Flexible work arrangements

Insurance

Job summary

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the design and delivery of enterprise data solutions that enable analytics and AI, while shaping our modern data platform and engineering practices.

You will balance technical leadership with hands‑on delivery, mentor engineers, and contribute to standards and patterns that lift performance across the organisation. Appointment salary ranges from $133,632 to $163,328, commensurate with skills and experience.

Qualifications

• Significant experience designing, building and operating enterprise data platforms and pipelines.
• Advanced SQL and Python skills with strong Databricks experience.
• Experience with modern cloud-based data platforms and lakehouse patterns.
• Proven ability to deliver analytics, BI, ML and AI use cases.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of enterprise data solutions to support analytics and AI.
• Shape NZTA's modern data platform and engineering practices.
• Coach and mentor data engineers to raise technical excellence.

Skills

SQL

Python

Databricks

Cloud platforms

Data governance

Observability

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Tools

Databricks

Job description

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the design and delivery of enterprise data solutions that enable analytics and AI, while shaping our modern data platform and engineering practices.

You will balance technical leadership with hands‑on delivery, mentor engineers, and contribute to standards and patterns that lift performance across the organisation. Appointment salary ranges from $133,632 to $163,328, commensurate with skills and experience.