Data Engineering Jobs in Australia
There are 1,704 open Data Engineering jobs in Australia on freehire right now. 589 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$825 | A$950 | A$1,060 | 17 |
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 30%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 265 · 16%
- Onsite 34 · 2%
- Remote 18 · 1%
Visa sponsorship offered in 14% of the 93 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 565
- Lead 231
- Principal 39
- Staff 34
- 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
Senior Data Engineer — Microsoft Fabric & Azure Lakehouse
Designs and builds scalable data platforms using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Lakehouse, Python, SQL, and Spark, delivering robust pipelines and analytics solutions for client projects.
Junior AI & Data Engineer - Automate & Analyze
Builds AI workflows, automates data processes, and creates AI-powered reports to improve business decisions and operational efficiency by collaborating with engineering, compliance, and business teams.
Content Data Engineer for E‑commerce Platforms
Designs and builds reusable data tools, taxonomies, and automated pipelines to ingest and publish product content across e-commerce platforms, improving search and AI readiness.
Senior Data Engineer: Microsoft Fabric, PySpark & SQL
Build and optimize scalable data pipelines in Microsoft Fabric using PySpark and SQL, transforming raw data into analytics-ready layers for CommBank’s centralized warehouse.
Senior Data Engineer – Enterprise Solutions Lead (Brisbane)
Leads enterprise-scale data engineering projects in Brisbane, designing pipelines for processing, integrating, and securing large datasets while aligning with governance and stakeholder needs.
Senior Data Engineer
Design and build scalable data pipelines on Databricks, ensuring high-quality data outcomes for enterprise teams using AWS/Azure.
Senior Data Engineer - Cloud Pipelines & Data Architect
Designs and builds scalable cloud data pipelines and architectures for analytics, focusing on ingestion, processing, storage, and security across hybrid environments.
Data Engineer: Own Production-Grade Pipelines
Build and own production-grade data pipelines, models, and integrations for a platform modernizing estate planning and end-of-life services.
Senior Data Engineer - Pipelines, AI & Integrations
Designs and maintains scalable data pipelines and reporting datasets to support AI services and integrations for a fintech company.
Data Engineer - Senior | Melbourne, AU
Build and maintain data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and integrations for a payments company, ensuring high-quality data for reporting, AI services, and operational systems.
Azure Data Engineer: Databricks Lakehouse & Data Pipelines
Designs and builds scalable Azure Databricks pipelines using PySpark and Delta Lake to implement ETL/ELT frameworks across a lakehouse architecture.
APS6 Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer builds and maintains enterprise data pipelines and ETL processes in cloud and warehouse environments for a large federal government program.
Senior Data Engineer – Enterprise ETL & Data Warehousing
Senior Data Engineer builds and maintains ETL pipelines and data warehousing for a large Federal Government program, ensuring reliable data delivery and quality.
Azure Data Engineer - Databricks
Builds and optimizes scalable data pipelines on Azure using Databricks, PySpark, Delta Lake, and related services for ETL/ELT and streaming workloads.
Senior Data Engineer
Build and maintain a centralised data warehouse using Microsoft Fabric, PySpark, and SQL to deliver trusted, analytics-ready data products for enterprise insights.
Staff Data Engineer
Lead the design and delivery of a new cloud-based credit risk data domain using AWS, Java, and real-time data technologies to build secure, scalable pipelines and data products.
Senior Data Engineer
Build and optimize data pipelines in Azure Databricks using Python and SQL, applying Kimball dimensional modeling and Medallion architecture for scalable analytics.
SnowFlake Data Engineer
Design and implement Snowflake-based cloud data platforms, author SQL queries, and model data architectures for a Sydney-based team.