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 DescriptionThe Team
The AI & Analytics Data Products team builds high-quality data assets that empower teams across SEEK Group to gain valuable insights and enhance experiences for both individuals and organisations.
This position will report to the Engineering Manager and be part of a team made up of senior and mid-level data engineers. The team collaborates closely with internal peers, including staff, senior, and mid-level data engineers; analytics engineers; data solution designers; and data tracking specialists.
About the role
The Senior Data Engineer is accountable for implementing the data pipelines and infrastructures, collaborating with Staff Data Engineers and Data Modellers to analyse problems and design solutions, owning and operating the systems in production, and mentoring and supporting more junior engineers.
Responsibilities
- Design, development, testing, and operation of:
- Big data processing pipelines
- Tools for managing and monitoring data systems and processes, including quality, security, lifecycle
- Deploy, operate, and support data infrastructure and services on Databricks and AWS
- Maintaining system health, ensuring that our systems are secure, reliable, resilient and cost effective.
- Growing the technical capabilities of more junior engineers through coaching and mentoring.
Skills and experience
- 6+ years of experience in Data Engineering, delivering scalable and reliable data solutions in production environments on cloud platforms
- Solid experience with big data processing frameworks, ideally Apache Spark on Databricks or AWS EMR. Solid understanding of both batch and streaming data pipelines.
- Strong software engineering foundation, including best practices in CI/CD, testing, and version control
- Advanced proficiency in SQL and database design, with a focus on performance optimisation
- Proven ability to take end-to-end ownership of deployments, infrastructure, system administration, monitoring, and production operations (DevOps mindset)
- Strong experience in coding with Python. Good experience with Scala is a bonus.
- Extensive experience with Cloud Data Warehouse like Databricks, Snowflake or Big Query
- Deep understanding of AWS services, with a focus on Big Data technologies such as EMR, Athena, Glue, and S3, as well as experience with IAM, Cloudformation, CDK, Lambda, SNS, SQS, SSM
- Strong background in supporting BI, Analytics, Data Science, and AI/ML initiatives
Permanent Perks
At SEEK we offer:
- Annual Performance Bonus Plan
- Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
- Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners
- SEEK is committed to operating sustainably and is preparing for the impacts of climate change and the transition to a low-carbon future, and is working to minimise its environmental impacts which includes a long-term emissions reduction target of net zero by FY2050
- The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year
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.
