Senior Data Engineer
On-siteNorth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Job Summary
Design and implement scalable data models and pipelines that extract, load, and transform hundreds of millions of daily events into the data warehouse for Nine's streaming services. Ensure pipeline reliability through quality checks, validation processes, and proactive monitoring. Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and analysts to deliver technical solutions, while acting as a mentor to junior engineers via code reviews and workshops. Perform root cause analysis for incidents and contribute to the overarching technical design and vision of the data platform. This role sits within Nine's Agile Digital Data team, focusing on VoZ, Total TV, and Streaming to enable data-informed decision-making.
Required Qualifications
- Proven experience leading the design and construction of complex data pipelines, ETL processes, and automated workflows using tools like Apache Airflow
- A strong understanding of both OLTP (normalised schema design) and OLAP concepts and data model design
- A deep understanding of cloud migration strategies and experience with major cloud platforms (GCP, AWS or Azure) and CI/CD solutions
- Must already have the right to lawfully work and live in Australia
Desired Qualifications
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to lead technical discussions and translate complex concepts for non-technical stakeholders
- An analytical mindset with a passion for creative problem-solving and a belief in elevating the team's overall technical bar
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