Senior Data Engineer Contract

Day Rate: $1000-$1100

Leading Global Financial Technologies Company currently seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join an existing enterprise-wide data engineering program developing cutting-edge applications on a wide range of interesting projects, using a variety of emerging technologies and with the chance to work alongside a collaborative and passionate like-minded team. You will work across the latest technology stack helping design and build a fit for purpose data pipelines on a Big Data infrastructure to stabilize and streamline the delivery of analytics. The ideal candidate is an experienced data pipeline builder and data wrangler who enjoys building cloud data systems from the ground up and then optimizing them. This is a multiyear program with flexible working arrangements available with the opportunity to work from home or in their offices in Sydney or a combination of both.

Main responsibilities include:

Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture

Assemble large, complex data sets that meet business requirements

Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources

Engage with, educate and influence internal business stakeholders

Support multiple business functions and domains with various strategic and operational data projects across the business enterprise

Key Skills required:

5 years + experience within data engineering

Experience of programming languages including one or more of R / Python / SQL

Experience in engineering of applications, databases, data pipelines

Cloud experience in one or more of Azure/AWS/GCP environment

ETL and visualization experience

Expertise with modern data warehouse design patterns and tools

Passionate about new data solutions