Find Recruitment – Christchurch, South Island
Your new company:
Join a well-established organisation delivering meaningful work through trusted data and modern technology. You will be part of a collaborative and supportive environment where technical leadership, flexibility and teamwork are genuinely valued.
Your new role:
We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer for a contract role through to 30 June 2026. You will work across a project environment with multidisciplinary teams to design, build and optimise modern data solutions, while also providing technical guidance and mentoring to others in the team.
Responsibilities:
* Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines and data services
* Develop solutions using Databricks, Delta Lake, PySpark, Python and SQL
* Work across medallion architecture and support strong data modelling practices
* Manage workflow orchestration, monitoring and optimisation of Spark jobs and clusters
* Contribute to Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines and DataOps delivery
* Support data governance, security and quality standards
* Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams in an Agile delivery environment
* Provide technical leadership, mentoring and documentation across the project
Requirements:
* Proven senior-level data engineering experience in complex environments
* Strong hands‑on experience with Databricks including notebooks, Delta Lake and orchestration
* Advanced Python, SQL and PySpark capability
* Solid background in ETL and ELT design and implementation
* Experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
* Strong understanding of data governance, security and platform best practice
* Confident communicator with the ability to work across technical and business stakeholders
* Experience with cloud data warehousing or BI tools such as Snowflake, Synapse, Redshift, BigQuery, Tableau or Power BI is beneficial
Perks and benefits:
* Contract role through to 30 June 2026
* Christchurch-based opportunity (Wellington based candidates considered)
* Flexible working arrangements
* Collaborative and high-performing team environment
* Meaningful project work with modern tools and platforms
* Opportunity to provide leadership while remaining hands‑on technically
If this sounds like you then HIT APPLY NOW! You must have a valid working visa for NZ.
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