Staff Data Engineer (Data Services)

About the role 

The Staff Data Engineer is a pivotal technical role within SEEK’s Data Services Team and will be reporting to Head of Data Delivery (APAC). The Data Services team is responsible for managing and monitoring data pipelines and workflows, ensuring timely and reliable delivery of data products and alerts.

In this role, you’ll design and implement core platform components and tools, partner with Principal Data Engineers to analyze complex challenges and define robust solutions, and take end-to-end ownership of systems in production to ensure reliability and performance. You’ll also mentor and guide junior engineers, helping grow technical capability and fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement across the data engineering community.

Responsibilities 

• Lead the design, development, testing, and operation of data engineering frameworks and tools.
• Build and maintain frameworks for creating, deploying, and orchestrating data processing pipelines.
• Develop tools and services for querying, managing, monitoring, and ensuring data quality, security, and lifecycle integrity.
• Own the deployment, operation, and support of data infrastructure and cloud services on AWS.
• Ensure platform health, delivering systems that are secure, reliable, resilient, and cost-effective.
• Drive engineering excellence across teams through adherence to robust design, testing, and operational practices.
• Coach and mentor junior engineers, fostering technical growth and a culture of continuous improvement.

Skills and experience 

• Proven experience in data warehouse and datamart design and development using dimensional modelling and/or Data Vault methodologies.
• Advanced programming skills in Python, PySpark, and experience building data transformation workflows with dbt.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-based data architecture and services, preferably on AWS.
• Deep understanding of data modelling, SQL performance optimization, and scalable data processing techniques.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, enabling consistent and automated environment management.
• Solid grasp of software engineering best practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, and version control.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor, lead, and uplift technical capability across teams through collaboration and coaching.

Permanent Perks
At SEEK we offer:

• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners
• SEEK is committed to operating sustainably and is preparing for the impacts of climate change and the transition to a low-carbon future, and is working to minimise its environmental impacts which includes a long-term emissions reduction target of net zero by FY2050
• The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.