Senior Data Engineer

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •At least 5+ years of dedicated Data Engineering experience
• •Proven track record designing and implementing a modern data stack
• •Workflow orchestration (eg. Prefect/Airflow)
• •Extraction and load tooling (eg. CDC, Fivetran, Debezium)
• •Transformation tooling (eg. DBT)
• •Hands-on experience with data warehouses, ideally Snowflake
• •Real experience with streaming/event-driven data technologies (eg. Kafka, Kinesis, or similar)
• •Deep SQL and analytics engineering skill
• •Comfort optimising warehouse performance at scale
• •Experience shipping data as a product: APIs, data feeds, or partner-facing datasets
• •Comfortable writing high quality Python code and Bash
• •Experience with CI/CD for data projects
• •Managing data infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred)
• •Knowledge architecting and administering solutions in a Public Cloud (preferably AWS)
• •Demonstrated ability to work with other engineers and to get hands-on across the data stack (back-end, application databases, external services)
• •Ability to work with cross-functional teams to unlock value from data across the business
• •Driving AI maturity and adoption: Embedding AI tools into the rhythm of daily work across the team
• •You have proven experience automating and supporting production grade hybrid cloud infrastructure
• •You've worked with modern data stack tooling
• •You have perspective and experience about where it breaks down at scale
• •Ideally, you've taken a data team from 'reporting function' to 'product function' before, or you're itching to
• •You're energised and enthusiastic
• •Comfortable in a busy, high-volume, competitive commercial environment
• •Your collaboration skills make you a valued member of the team
• •fundamentally a good colleague to work with
• •Must be able to lift 50 lbs

Desired Qualifications

• •Golang or Ruby is a bonus
• •Experience shipping data as a product: APIs, data feeds, or partner-facing datasets, not just internal dashboards
• •Comfortable writing high quality Python code and Bash; Golang or Ruby is a bonus
• •Experience with CI/CD for data projects, and managing data infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred)
• •Knowledge architecting and administering solutions in a Public Cloud (preferably AWS)
• •Demonstrated ability to work with other engineers and to get hands-on across the data stack (back-end, application databases, external services)
• •Ability to work with cross-functional teams to unlock value from data across the business
• •Driving AI maturity and adoption: Embedding AI tools into the rhythm of daily work across the team, ensuring processes are structured, documented, and consistently followed — reducing key person dependency and building a foundation that scales
• •Join a Talented Team: Work with world-class talent and industry leaders who support career growth
• •ESOP: Access to Zepto's Employee Share Program equity program
• •Flexible Work: A remote-first work culture, plus you'll also get access to premium co-working spaces in Byron, Sydney & Melbourne
• •Paid Parental Leave: 12 weeks Paid Parental Leave for primary caregivers and 4 weeks for secondary caregivers
• •Wellbeing Focus: Access to Zepto's Wellbeing Menu, which includes access to an Employee Assistance Program and paid Wellbeing leave
• •Annual Learning Budget: An individual learning budget, plus paid Growth & Impact Days annually to focus on professional development
• •Remote-Work Support: A Remote Work Budget to set up your home office upon commencement
• •Note: As an organisation in the financial services industry, please note that we conduct background checks as part of our recruitment process