Data Engineering Jobs in Australia
There are 1,697 open Data Engineering jobs in Australia on freehire right now. 605 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are data-pipelines, cloud and analytics.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUD | year | A$131,693 | A$150,000 | A$170,000 | 49 |
| AUD | day | A$856 | A$1,000 | A$1,070 | 16 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- data-pipelines 46%
- cloud 45%
- analytics 44%
- sql 42%
- data-engineering 41%
- python 34%
- azure 31%
- data-quality 29%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 262 · 15%
- Onsite 32 · 2%
- Remote 19 · 1%
Visa sponsorship offered in 14% of the 93 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 561
- Lead 231
- Principal 39
- Staff 35
- Middle 27
- C-level 13
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 185
- 501-1000 employees 97
- 51-200 employees 35
- 11-50 employees 16
- 201-500 employees 5
- 1-10 employees 3
Lead Data Engineer – Melbourne - $180,000 - Gain "productionised" AI
Lead hands-on Data Engineer building scalable Azure Databricks lakehouse pipelines and Power BI models to power retail analytics and production-ready AI solutions.
Senior Data Engineer - Azure
Senior Data Engineer builds and maintains scalable Azure-based data pipelines using PySpark and Azure Data Factory to power analytics, AI, and real-time decision-making across enterprise systems.
Senior Consultant - Data Engineering
Lead data engineering for a consultancy, designing Azure/Databricks pipelines and lakehouse architectures, mentoring teams, and owning pre-sales technical responses while delivering Power BI solutions.
Data Engineer and Report Developer
Designs and maintains enterprise data warehouses and builds Power BI reports for a government department using SQL Server, Microsoft Fabric, and ETL pipelines.
SAP Master Data Governance - MDG Consultant
Implement and configure SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) solutions, set up data quality reporting, and define business rules for a client’s data management project.
Data Engineer
A Data Engineer working on Data & AI transformation initiatives, designing, building, and optimizing scalable data solutions to enable fact-based decision-making across the organization.
Data Platform & Governance Analyst
Designs and implements Microsoft Fabric, CI/CD, and Azure DevOps frameworks to modernize enterprise data platforms, while establishing governance, data quality, and stewardship practices for business-critical data assets.
Staff Data Engineer
Build and optimize AWS-based data pipelines and products using Python, PySpark, and Scala to power CommBank’s Business Banking analytics and AI-driven solutions.
Lead Data Engineer
Lead a team to design and build enterprise-scale data platforms using Databricks and Microsoft Fabric, enabling analytics, AI, and government decision-making.
Lead Data Engineer
Lead a team building enterprise-scale data pipelines and lakehouse architectures on Databricks or Microsoft Fabric to power analytics and AI for a federal government department.
Staff Data Engineer (AWS, Java & Real-Time Data)
Lead the design and delivery of a new cloud-based credit risk data domain at Commonwealth Bank, using AWS, Java, and real-time data technologies to build data pipelines, models, and products.
Senior Data Engineer - Real-Time AI/ML Pipelines on AWS
Build and deploy real-time, production-grade data and AI workflows using AWS and Amazon Bedrock for a CX engineering team focused on workforce management.
Technical Lead - Data Engineering (HR Data Platform)Just posted!
Technical Lead for Data Engineering role building a Snowflake-on-AWS data pipeline for HR analytics at a university, involving architecture design, ETL/ELT development, mentoring engineers, and establishing data governance standards.
Senior Data Platform Engineer - Azure & Fabric
Drive the design, development, and evolution of the enterprise data platform using Microsoft Fabric, Azure, and Power BI to deliver trusted analytics across the university.
Senior Fabric & Power BI Data Engineer
Design and implement scalable data solutions using Microsoft Fabric and Power BI, including ingestion pipelines and semantic models. Build enterprise-grade reporting and analytics infrastructure with CI/CD support.
Senior Data Engineer: AI-Driven Data Platform & Pipelines
Senior Data Engineer at MYOB designing and building scalable cloud-based data pipelines and platforms to support AI and BI use cases across the data landscape.
Staff Data Engineer: Real-Time Data & AWS (Java)
Lead the design and delivery of real-time data pipelines and data models for a cloud-based Credit Risk domain at Commonwealth Bank, using AWS, Java, and event-driven architectures while mentoring engineers and setting technical standards.
Principal Data Platform Engineer (AWS) for ML & Risk
Principal engineer builds and governs AWS-based data platforms for ML and risk models, ensuring production readiness, auditability, and compliance while modernizing legacy systems.
Senior Databricks Data Engineer — Azure Spark & Pipelines
Designs, develops, and maintains scalable data pipelines on Azure Databricks using Spark/PySpark, collaborating with data scientists and engineers to deliver clean datasets for analytics in a banking-regulated environment.