Staff Data Engineer (Data Platform)

Company Description

About Seek

SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.

Life At Seek

SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (2021-2024). We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.

Job Description

The Team:

The Data Platform Team at SEEK manages the central data lake and core data platform, integrating information from multiple internal systems and making it accessible across SEEK’s business units. Reporting to the Engineering Manager – Data Platform APAC, you’ll work alongside a talented group of Principal, Senior, and Mid-level Data Engineers. The team collaborates closely with Data Engineering, Analytics, Product Delivery, AI and Platform Services, Architecture and Practice, Security, and Data Infrastructure teams to build scalable, high-quality data solutions that power decision-making across SEEK.

About The Role

The Staff Data Engineer is a pivotal technical role within SEEK’s Data Platform Team, who who provide a self-service platform and building blocks that enable teams across SEEK Asia Pacific to collaborate and work with data.

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.

Qualifications

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.

Additional Information

• 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.