Senior Data Platform Engineer — AI, Analytics & Leadership

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

5 weeks annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Life, Income Protection and CriticalIl

Job summary

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the design and delivery of enterprise data solutions that enable analytics and AI. You will balance hands-on delivery with technical leadership across squads, shaping our modern data platform and engineering practices while mentoring others.

You will influence standards, patterns and ways of working to lift performance across the organisation and help realise NZTA's ambitions in analytics, data, and AI.

Qualifications

• Senior data engineering professional with experience solving complex problems.
• Strong engineering and delivery mindset with mentoring capability.
• Comfortable across strategic and operational challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of enterprise data solutions.
• Shape NZTA's modern data platform and engineering practices.
• Coach data engineers and lift technical excellence.
• Deliver modern data products and pipelines across squads.

Skills

SQL

Python

Databricks

Cloud platforms

Lakehouse

Medallion pattern

Data governance

DataOps

Automation

Observability

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Tools

Databricks

Job description

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the design and delivery of enterprise data solutions that enable analytics and AI. You will balance hands-on delivery with technical leadership across squads, shaping our modern data platform and engineering practices while mentoring others.

You will influence standards, patterns and ways of working to lift performance across the organisation and help realise NZTA's ambitions in analytics, data, and AI.