Data Engineering Jobs in Australia
There are 1,705 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 186
- 501-1000 employees 97
- 51-200 employees 35
- 11-50 employees 16
- 201-500 employees 5
- 1-10 employees 3
Data Platform Engineer – Cloud & Analytics
Sime Industrial is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join our Digital Technology Team in Archerfield. You will design, build and enhance data solutions to enable trusted insights across the business and support…
Senior Data Engineer (Microsoft Fabric / Azure) – Hybrid, Sydney preferred
Design, build, and maintain data pipelines and warehouses using Microsoft Fabric and Azure for enterprise clients.
Senior Data Engineer (Microsoft Fabric, PySpark, SQL)
Build and maintain a centralised data warehouse using Microsoft Fabric, PySpark, and SQL to deliver trusted internal insights for technology teams at a major bank.
Senior Data Engineer – Melbourne
Designs and builds scalable data pipelines in Azure using Databricks, Spark, SQL, and ADF to support HR analytics and reporting.
Data Platform Engineer
Build and refine a modern data platform (Snowflake/GCP) to automate pricing analytics for retailers, migrating legacy systems while ensuring data quality and scalability.
Senior DevOps Engineer — Cloud Data Platform Lead
Leads the DevOps team for a cloud data platform, designing secure Azure-based Snowflake solutions with Terraform, dbt, and Alation while implementing CI/CD pipelines.
Senior DevOps Engineer: Cloud Data Platform Lead
Lead the DevOps team for a government cloud data platform using Snowflake on Azure, dbt, and Alation, automating infrastructure with Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
Data Platform Tech Lead – Analytics & Warehousing
Leads the design and implementation of data warehousing and analytics pipelines using SQL, shell scripting, and AWS cloud services to enable data-driven decisions.
Senior Data Platform Architect: Lakehouse & BI Pipelines
Design and optimize cloud data pipelines and warehousing solutions using Databricks, guiding customers through data transformations and aligning roadmaps with the Data Intelligence Platform.
Engineering Manager - Data Platform
Lead a team building and running Cover Genius’s cloud data platform (BigQuery, Airflow, dbt, Dataflow) to ingest, process, and serve insurance-protection data for global e-commerce partners.
Data Platform Sales Engineer (Pre-Sales)
Pre-sales engineer who builds demos and proofs-of-concept to show how Denodo’s data-virtualization platform solves customers’ integration challenges.
Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer – Data Platform Lead
Leads the setup of DevOps practices and manages a cloud-based data platform using Snowflake on Azure, dbt, and Alation to deliver trusted insights for stakeholders.
Senior Cloud Java Data Platform Engineer
Builds and maintains a cloud-based data platform for retail energy using Java, frontend tech, and databases, with full lifecycle development and on-call support.
Senior Azure Data Platform Engineer & Leader
Leads design and delivery of enterprise-scale Azure data platforms, mentors engineers, and builds scalable ETL/ELT pipelines with strong SQL and data modeling.
Bedrock Data Platform Engineer — Migration & Automation
Build and migrate scalable data pipelines for ShopGrok’s Bedrock platform, automating legacy SQL workflows while maintaining existing systems.
Bedrock Data Platform Engineer — Hybrid Sydney
Build and maintain data pipelines and automate ETL workflows on Snowflake and dbt to migrate customers to a new platform while ensuring reliable data flow for analytics and AI readiness.
Data Platform Engineer: Cloud, Integration & Governance
Design and deliver enterprise data platforms using Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Synapse Analytics and Data Lake, ensuring governance and data quality.