Senior Data Engineer

🚀 Senior Data Engineer | Databricks | 12-Month Contract | ASAP Start| Perth Based Only

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join the team on a 12-month contract, with an ASAP start.

This is a hands-on role for someone who combines deep technical expertise with the ability to mentor, influence, and elevate a data engineering team.

What you’ll be doing

• Design, build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and enterprise data platforms using Databricks & Apache Spark.
• Architect data migration, replication and transformation solutions.
• Build robust ingestion pipelines across SQL/Postgres, APIs and Kafka/streaming data.
• Work with complex data structures such as JSON and optimise them for analytics and downstream consumption.
• Implement orchestration, CI/CD, automated infrastructure and platform governance.
• Mentor and coach data engineers, promoting strong engineering practices, design patterns and code quality.
• Communicate the why behind technical decisions and help build deeper data engineering capability across the team.

What we’re looking for

• Extensive experience as a Senior Data Engineer with strong Databricks and Apache Spark expertise.
• Advanced SQL and Python skills.
• Experience with Airflow, dbt or similar orchestration/transformation technologies.
• Strong background in data migration, API integration and Kafka/streaming pipelines.
• Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure automation and data catalogue tools.
• A proven ability to mentor, coach and upskill other engineers.
• Excellent consulting and communication skills, with the ability to make complex technical concepts easy to understand.

📍 Contract: 12 months

📅 Start: ASAP

If you’re a Databricks-focused Senior Data Engineer looking for your next contract opportunity, we’d love to hear from you.

📩 Apply now or get in touch for more information.