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
AI-Driven Data Platform Engineer — Fabric & Lake Lead
Build and maintain a Fabric-based data platform, owning the data lake, warehouse, and pipelines while ensuring governance and data quality.
Senior Data Platform Engineer – Azure/Databricks (Hybrid)
Design and build production data pipelines and platform components on Azure, Databricks, and Snowflake while guiding a small team across client engagements.
Senior Data Platform Engineer — Cloud Transformation Lead
Lead the modernization of a government water utility’s cloud data platform using Azure, Snowflake, and Databricks to enable analytics and future AI capabilities.
Data Platform Engineer: AWS + Databricks ETL Expert
Design and maintain scalable AWS and Databricks data pipelines, implementing ETL/ELT processes and optimizing data delivery for reliable analytics.
Senior Data Platform Engineer — Azure & Power BI
Designs and maintains secure, scalable Azure data pipelines and warehouses for court systems, using Azure Data Factory, SQL Server, and Power BI to ensure compliance and performance.
Data Platform Engineer (Databricks/AWS) – Hybrid + Perks
Build and maintain Virgin Australia’s cloud data platform using Databricks and AWS to enable smarter business decisions and trusted data pipelines.
Data Platform Engineering Manager - Hybrid + Stock Options
Lead a team to build and maintain scalable data pipelines using SQL and Python, ensuring reliability and collaboration across analytics, data science, and product teams.
Hybrid Senior Data Engineer - EDW & ETL Specialist
Designs, builds, and optimizes enterprise-scale data pipelines and warehouses for a federal government agency using modern data engineering practices.
Senior Cloud Data Engineer (Contract) Databricks & ETL
Design and optimize cloud-based data pipelines using Databricks and ETL tools in a collaborative team setting.
Data Engineer (SSE / Staff Engineer) - Python & Spark & AWS
Design and build scalable data pipelines and analytics infrastructure using Python, Spark, and AWS for large-scale data processing and real-time streaming.
Data Platform Engineer
Build and maintain biomedical data pipelines and Gen3 data commons to enable AI-driven health research and national research infrastructure.
Data Platform Engineer
Build and maintain scalable data pipelines on AWS and Databricks, using Python, PySpark, and modern ETL/ELT frameworks to deliver reliable data across the organization.
Data Platform Engineering Lead
Lead the design and operation of SEMPHN’s enterprise data platform (DataBRIDGE) using Azure, Databricks, dbt, and PySpark to build secure, scalable data pipelines and models for population health analytics.
Senior / Lead Data Engineer — MSFT Data Platform (SAP & JD Edwards Integration)
Lead data engineering on Microsoft’s stack: build pipelines from SAP/JD Edwards into SQL Server and Microsoft Fabric, then model and optimise datasets for Power BI reporting.
Senior Data Platform Engineer - Real-Time Pipelines
Leads design and delivery of cloud-native data platforms, focusing on real-time pipelines, data mesh principles, and production-readiness for global clients.
Data Engineer (Health Manager Lvl 3) - Perm FT
Design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines and platforms for a large Australian health district, integrating clinical and financial systems with modern ETL tools and cloud infrastructure.
Manager Data Platform Engineering
Lead a team building and scaling icare’s enterprise data platform using Snowflake and AWS tools, enabling insights, automation, and future AI use cases.