Senior Data Engineer — Architecture Lead & Scale Champion
Summary
A Senior Data Engineer at Snapper Services in Wellington leads data architecture at scale, owning end-to-end data warehouse builds and mentoring a growing team. Day to day involves designing scalable pipelines with Python/PySpark and AWS data services, evaluating platforms like Redshift, Snowflake and ClickHouse, and handling data quality, testing and Terraform IaC.
Snapper Services Limited in Wellington, NZ seeks a Senior Data Engineer to lead data architecture at scale and mentor a growing team. You will drive end-to-end data warehouse builds, evaluate platforms (Redshift, Snowflake, ClickHouse) and design scalable pipelines using Python/PySpark, AWS data services, and modern orchestration tools.
You’ll own data quality, testing practices and IaC with Terraform while collaborating with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into