Senior Data Engineer: Mentorship, Data Platform & DevOps

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

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.