Data Platform Engineer

About the role

Airtasker is looking for a Data Platform Engineer to build and operate the data infrastructure powering reporting, analytics and AI products. It is a hands-on engineering role with a direct line to business outcomes, covering cloud infrastructure, orchestration, governance and AI-enabled pipelines. The position is based in Sydney with two days per week in the office.

Key responsibilities

• Build and maintain core data pipelines: design and operate reliable data models and transformation pipelines using dbt, SQL and Python for analytics and downstream use cases.
• Contribute to the design and operation of AWS-based data infrastructure (including Terraform), balancing scalability, reliability and cost.
• Help build and evolve the Dagster-based orchestration platform, improving monitoring, resilience and operational maturity.
• Deliver high-quality foundational datasets and tooling that make data more accessible and accelerate decision-making.
• Apply software engineering best practices (CI/CD, testing, documentation) so data products are robust, auditable and trusted.
• Work with analysts, data scientists and engineers, and use Python to automate workflows and support production ML use cases.

Required profile

• Solid understanding of the data lifecycle, from ingestion to analysis and consumption.
• Ability to turn business problems into clear data models and pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving skills and comfort with ambiguity and evolving requirements.
• Collaborative mindset and curiosity to learn.

Required skills

• Strong SQL for data modelling, transformation and analysis.
• Hands-on experience with dbt.
• Software engineering principles: version control, testing and CI/CD.
• Python for scripting, automation and data manipulation.
• Bonus: Snowflake, AWS services (S3, Glue, Lambda), Airflow or Dagster, MLOps tools such as SageMaker, and experience supporting business-facing analytics.

What we offer

• Hybrid working: office on Tuesdays and Thursdays, remote or office the rest of the week.
• Meeting-light Fridays and quarterly Recharge Days.
• Employee Assistance Program, $200 wellbeing allowance and free catered lunch on Tuesdays.
• $1,000 Airtasker credits per year and tenure leave from the 3rd anniversary.
• $300 annual learning and development allowance, 360 reviews, volunteer leave and internal career paths.