Senior Data Engineer
Core
Lead the design and delivery of enterprise data solutions, pipelines, and products to support decision-making, analytics, and AI for NZTA's modern data platform.
Role type
Senior IC data engineer (technical leadership & hands-on delivery)
Builds
Enterprise data platforms, pipelines, and products
Domain
Public sector transport / Cloud data engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Enterprise-scale data platform design, SQL, Python, Databricks, Cloud data platforms, Lakehouse architecture, DataOps, Data governance
Preferred skills
Medallion architecture patterns, ML/AI use case delivery, Technical debt management, Mentoring
Technologies
Databricks, Cloud platforms, SQL, Python
Responsibilities
Design and deliver modern data products and pipelines; Coach and mentor data engineers; Establish engineering practices; Balance technical leadership with hands-on delivery
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership