Lead Data Engineer

• Improve the quality, access and usage of our property data for consumers and customers

• Champion and drive best practices for quality software delivery

• Permanent role based in Melbourne or Sydney

We're REA 
  
With bold and ambitious goals, REA Group  is changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home. 
 
Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we’re proud to have been named in Australia’s “Top 5” Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.  

Where the team fits in 

The Lead Data Engineer role sits in the Wolf squad within the Core Property Data portfolio of PropTrack.

We are the property data engine room of REA. Our mission is to:

• Improve the quality, access and usage of our property data for consumers and customers

• Build reusable data products and patterns that unlock value stored in our data

• Create unique insights based on property, listing, user and customer data

• Invest in the reliability, quality and security of our systems and data

What the role is all about 

As a Lead Data Engineer, you will support the team in the following ways:

• Leading the team to design, implement, test and deploy new data pipelines using dbt, Airflow, BigQuery, Kafka and other technologies

• Champion and drive best practices for quality software delivery from inception and design to build and deployment

• Supporting and driving continuous improvement of our production systems and being an advocate for their overall system health

• Working with product managers, delivery leads and tech leads during inceptions and design phases while understanding business priorities and communicate technical options, report on progress and express ideas

• Leading the implementation of significant product initiatives

• Provide technical team leadership for a team of highly capable engineers

• Provide technical mentoring and guidance to less experienced members of the team

• Directly manage data engineers within your team

Who we’re looking for 

• Approximately 7+ years of experience working in software and/or data engineering

• Strong programming skills. We have systems written in Python, Typescript, Ruby and a lot of SQL, and we expect you to be able to be productive in any of these environments and be an expert in at least one

• Experience with modern software development techniques such as test-driven development, microservice architecture, functional programming, and continuous delivery

• Experience with DevOps tools and techniques, particularly AWS, CloudFormation, and Docker

• Good data analysis and exploration skills, e.g. Pandas, SQL, Tableau, Google BigQuery

• Advanced skills in implementing solutions that scale and perform to support the needs of our customers

• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with business stakeholders

• Someone passionate about data and the latest data technology

• Proven experience as a senior team member influencing architectural and delivery outcomes

The REA experience 

The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we’ll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow.  

Some of our Perks & Benefits include:  

• A hybrid and flexible approach to working 

• Flexible leave options including, birthday leave and purchase additional leave 

• Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers 

• Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity 

• Hackdays so you can bring your big ideas to life   

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion   

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. 

Join our Talent Neighbourhood 

Keen to be part of REA but didn't find a perfect match with this opportunity? Perhaps the timing isn't right? You should join our Talent Neighbourhood!  

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