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 DescriptionAbout the role
The Data Engineer is a key member of our Data Services teams responsible for implementing, operating, and supporting robust, secure, and scalable data solutions for business stakeholders. You will contribute to engineering quality, maintain and improve system health, and solve technical challenges with passion for your craft. You will apply data and software engineering best practices, support users of our data solutions, and grow your technical skills.
Responsibilities
- Develop, test, and maintain data products, pipelines, and SQL queries with focus on quality and scalability.
- Deploy and operate data tools, infrastructure, and cloud services on platforms like AWS and Databricks with independence.
- Collaborate in project delivery using agile processes, team collaboration, and the Software Development Lifecycle.
- Participate in operations including monitoring, alerting, incident response, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Apply best practices in data, software engineering, and DevOps including code review, testing, CI/CD workflows, and data governance.
- Collaborate with senior team members to analyze requirements and design data solutions in collaboration with business stakeholders.
- Support end users by answering questions, optimizing solutions, and troubleshooting and resolving issues effectively.
Essential skills and experience
- Proven experience with data and software engineering, and DevOps practices.
- Demonstrated experience developing and optimizing data products and pipelines autonomously with understanding of data warehousing concepts.
- Experience deploying and operating data infrastructure on cloud services.
- Experience with cloud platforms.
- Strong programming skills in Python, PySpark, SQL, and shell scripting.
- Understanding of best practices including code review, testing, version control, CI/CD workflows, infrastructure as code, and data quality.
- Ability to collaborate with stakeholders and translate requirements into technical solutions with autonomy.
Desirable skills and experience
- Experience with SEEK’s data engineering toolset (e.g. Databricks, Spark, DBT, Airflow, AWS)
Perks and benefits
At SEEK we offer:
- Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
- Professional development sessions with industry leading guest speakers
- Free income protection insurance
- Access to a wide range of discounts on things such as health insurance, fitness, food, travel, accommodation plus many more
- Frequent events including sports days, annual Christmas party, hackathon, and trivia
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.
