CareerPlan

Senior Data Engineer

Palmerston North, Manawatu-WanganuiFull-time$134k–$163k2026-10-24 → 2026-10-28
Hybrid

Core

Lead the design and delivery of enterprise data solutions, pipelines, and products supporting decision-making, analytics, and AI for NZTA's modern data platform.

Role type

Senior hands-on IC data engineer with technical leadership

Builds

Enterprise data platforms, pipelines, and products for transport analytics and AI

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

Mentoring, Stakeholder influence, Technical debt management

Technologies

Databricks, SQL, Python, Cloud platforms

Responsibilities

Design and deliver modern data products and pipelines; Coach and mentor data engineers; Establish engineering practices and standards; Balance technical leadership with hands-on delivery

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship