Senior Data Engineer

About the role

Senior Data Engineer working for WorkCover Queensland in Brisbane on a hybrid basis. You will design and build pipelines, data models and curated data products for reporting, analytics and operational decision‑making on a new greenfield Snowflake platform.

Key responsibilities

• Build and optimise scalable data pipelines, transformations and reusable data products.
• Develop data models and semantic layers for reporting and analytics.
• Apply automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring and deployment automation.
• Embed data quality, security, privacy, lineage and metadata into solutions.
• Support production platforms, resolve performance issues and mentor other engineers.

Required profile

• 5+ years delivering enterprise‑scale data and analytics solutions.
• Strong Python and SQL skills, including Airflow DAG development.
• Snowflake preferred; strong Databricks experience considered.
• Experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, CI/CD and automated testing.
• A coding mindset with practical examples of using AI to accelerate delivery.

Required skills

• Python
• SQL
• Airflow
• Snowflake
• Databricks
• GitHub
• GitHub Actions
• CI/CD
• Automated testing

What we offer

• Hands‑on involvement from day one building pipelines and data products.
• Amazing leadership team and collaboration with experienced technical leaders.
• Hybrid working with around 50% onsite in the Brisbane office.
• Permanent opportunity with salary‑sacrificing options (car and laptop).
• Brisbane CBD office location.