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 Data Scientist: Data Governance & Catalogues (Hybrid)
Design and maintain AI data catalogues, define metadata schemas, assess data quality, and establish lineage for auditable outputs in regulated environments.
Service Owner - Data Platform Engineering
Own and evolve Westpac’s large-scale Azure data platform, leading engineering teams to build, migrate, and modernise data capabilities using Python, Snowflake, Databricks, and Synapse.
Senior Data Engineer — Equity & Data Platform Lead
Owns and scales data infrastructure at a fast-growing AI contacts platform, building pipelines and analytics to drive product decisions and global impact.
Senior Data Engineer — Industrial OT/IT Data Platform
Senior Data Engineer builds and maintains Azure/Databricks pipelines to integrate fleet telemetry and condition monitoring data for predictive maintenance and analytics in a heavy-industry setting.
Senior Data Engineer — Scale Analytics Platform (Equity)
Senior Data Engineer builds and maintains scalable analytics pipelines, ensures data quality, and delivers insights to guide product decisions in a hybrid role.
Data Engineer, Health Tech & Data Platform (Hybrid)
Build and maintain data pipelines and modernize the health district’s data stack using SQL, ETL, and cloud/on-premise systems to support patient-centered analytics.
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer builds and operates Azure/Databricks pipelines to integrate fleet telemetry, maintenance systems, and predictive analytics for a mining equipment services company.
Senior Data Engineer
Build and own Blinq’s data analytics infrastructure, designing scalable ETL pipelines, ensuring data quality, and enabling data-driven decisions across product and engineering teams using modern stacks like BigQuery, dbt, and Looker Studio.
Data Engineer: Scale ETL Pipelines & Data Lakes
Designs and maintains scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and cloud data lakes to deliver analytics-ready data for analysts, scientists, and engineers.
Remote DevOps & Data Engineer: Web Crawler & CI/CD
A leading blockchain ecosystem seeks candidates for a developmental role involving Python and Java proficiency, deploying applications, and participating in DevOps. Responsibilities include maintaining internal crawler…
Azure Data Engineer
Location : Sydney Mode: Permanent Job Description Looking for a Data Engineer with strong SQL and programming skills to build scalable data pipelines and support cloud based data solutions. Key Responsibilities Develop…
GCP Data Engineer: Build Scalable Cloud Data Pipelines
IOOF Holdings Limited in Melbourne is expanding its Data Engineering team. You will design, develop, and optimise scalable data solutions on Google Cloud Platform, handling large, complex datasets in a cloud-native…
GCP Data Engineer: BigQuery + Dataflow Architect
Designs and builds scalable GCP data pipelines using BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub to transform raw data into insights for product teams and data scientists.
Data Engineer
Build and maintain cloud data pipelines using Microsoft Fabric and Azure to enable enterprise-wide analytics and BI.
Data Engineering Manager (Snowflake/Databricks) | Sydney
Leads a team building cloud-native data pipelines and AI platforms using Snowflake and Databricks for Deloitte’s clients.
Senior Data Engineer
Lead the design and build of scalable data pipelines and warehouses for enterprise clients using Databricks, Snowflake, and cloud platforms like Azure and AWS.