Senior Data Engineer – Platform & AI Solutions Lead

New Zealand Transport Agency

Wellington

On-site

NZD 134,000 - 163,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

5 weeks annual leave

Insurance scheme (Life, Income & S

Job summary

NZ Transport Agency is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the design and delivery of enterprise data solutions that support decision-making, analytics, and AI. You will shape NZTA's modern data platform, mentor data engineers, and drive engineering excellence across the organisation.

The role balances strategic leadership with hands-on delivery across enterprise-scale data products and pipelines, enabling analytics, BI, ML and AI use cases while ensuring secure, reliable, and scalable data

Qualifications

Significant experience designing, building and operating enterprise-scale data platforms and pipelines.
Advanced SQL and Python skills with strong experience delivering on Databricks.
Experience with modern cloud-based data platforms, Lakehouse and medallion architecture patterns.
Proven capability delivering analytics, BI, ML and AI use cases.
Experience applying DataOps, automation, observability and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

Lead complex delivery initiatives within the Data Chapter and establish engineering practices.
Design and deliver modern data products and pipelines across squads and programmes.
Balance technical leadership with hands-on delivery to ensure fit-for-purpose solutions today and future readiness.
Develop capability across the Data Community of Practice by sharing knowledge and coaching engineers.