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Lead Data Engineer (AEP)

Contract Type

Permanent

Location

New South Wales, Sydney

Industry

IT

Specialisation

Business Intelligence & Data

Salary

AU$200000 - AU$220000 per annum

Contact Name

Chris Louch

Contact Email

chris@talenza.com.au

Date published

08-04-2026

Job Reference

BBBH20870

Description

Lead Data Engineer (Tech Lead)

📍 Sydney, NSW | Permanent
💰 $210,000 - $220,000 + Super + Bonus

Join a high-impact data and marketing technology transformation within a leading financial services environment. This is an opportunity to step into a tech leadership role where you'll help shape the future of customer data, personalisation, and real-time decisioning.

The organisation is investing heavily in modern data platforms and focused on building strong internal engineering capability.

As a Lead Data Engineer (Tech Lead), you'll combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership.

You'll be responsible for designing scalable data solutions, setting engineering standards, and mentoring a growing team, while contributing directly to the build of a next-generation data platform.

  • Design and build scalable, production-grade data platforms
  • Develop and optimise ETL/ELT pipelines
  • Deliver data solutions supporting personalisation and real-time decisioning
  • Work across modern cloud ecosystems, including Snowflake
  • Drive engineering best practices and technical direction
  • Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders
  • Mentor engineers and uplift team capability
  • Support the shift from vendor reliance to internal capability
  • Strong experience in data engineering at a senior or lead level
  • Expertise in Snowflake or similar cloud data platforms
  • Experience with Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) or comparable CDP tools
  • Advanced SQL and strong Python skills
  • Proven experience building ETL/ELT pipelines
  • Solid understanding of data architecture and modelling
  • Knowledge of data governance (lineage, quality, metadata)
  • Exposure to Java or communication orchestration (desirable)
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
  • Work on a large-scale transformation program
  • Opportunity to shape technical direction
  • Build modern, scalable data solutions
  • Collaborative, high-performing team environment
  • Competitive salary and bonus

If you're a hands-on Tech Lead looking to make an impact in a large-scale data transformation, we'd love to hear from you.

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