Staff Data Engineer
The 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. This role 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 Staff Data Engineer, is a senior technical leader within the AI & Analytics Data Products team, responsible for building high-quality data assets that empower teams across SEEK Group to deliver insights and enhance experiences for people and organisations.
As an in-team technical specialist, you design and build fit-for-purpose solutions while strengthening the team’s technical systems and platforms. You lead and elevate technical practices that enable effective software delivery, demonstrating deep expertise in the team’s codebase, systems, and tools.
You also drive alignment between your team’s technical roadmap and SEEK’s broader technology strategy.
Responsibilities
- Design, build and operate scalable, high‑performing data platforms and services aligned with SEEK’s technology strategy.
- Ensure systems are well‑architected, secure, and meet SEEK’s technical and platform health metrics.
- Lead and embed strong engineering and DevOps practices to continuously improve delivery and reliability.
- Act as the technical escalation point, owning production issues through to resolution.
- Champion clean, well‑tested, secure code and uplift technical capability within the team.
- Collaborate effectively with Architecture, Security, and other technical stakeholders to align solutions.
- Drive clear communication and alignment between technical work, team priorities, and customer outcomes.
Qualifications
Skills and experience
- Deep expertise in the Spark framework (Batch and Structured Streaming).
- Proven experience building and operating large‑scale, cloud‑based data platforms and warehouses.
- Strong proficiency with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Advanced software engineering, coding, scripting, and SQL/database skills.
- Skilled in logical and physical data modelling.
- Hands‑on experience with DevOps practices — deployments, infrastructure, monitoring, and operations.
- Demonstrated leadership in tech‑leading, mentoring, and developing engineers to enhance delivery performance.
Additional Information
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
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.