Senior Data Engineer: Real-Time Pipelines & Mentorship
Summary
Senior Data Engineer at Westpac New Zealand (Auckland) leading and mentoring a squad that builds and maintains real-time CDC data pipelines, ensuring platform reliability, security and regulatory compliance. Core stack: Java, Python, Kafka, Spark, HDFS, with Airflow, Terraform and modern DevOps practices.
Westpac New Zealand is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead and mentor the squad in building and maintaining CDC pipelines across diverse data sources. You will ensure platform reliability, security and regulatory compliance while partnering with stakeholders to deliver high-quality data products.
The role requires strong Java and Python skills, deep experience with Kafka, Spark and HDFS, and familiarity with Airflow, Terraform and modern DevOps practices.