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
Position: Data Engineer New
Build and maintain data pipelines and customer datasets in BigQuery using Airflow and dbt, consolidating legacy property data into a unified customer profile platform for AI-driven personalization.
Data Engineer
Design and build scalable data pipelines and systems for a large enterprise, ensuring reliability, performance, and governance while collaborating with technical and business teams.
Data Engineer, Customer Data Pipelines | Hybrid Role
Build and maintain data pipelines to consolidate customer data into a unified profile platform for personalization and ML at REA Group.
Data Engineer
Build and optimize cloud data pipelines and lakehouse solutions using Microsoft Azure and Fabric to enable scalable analytics and AI for enterprise clients.
Senior Data Engineer — Lakehouse & Real-Time Platform
Build and maintain a modern data lakehouse platform, creating batch and real-time pipelines with Kafka, Flink, AWS, Snowflake, and Databricks to power analytics and ML.
Lead Data Engineer, Industrial OT & Predictive Maintenance
Design and build batch/streaming data pipelines for telemetry, CMMS, and ERP systems using Azure Databricks to enable predictive maintenance and fleet optimization.
On-Prem Data Engineer – Brisbane, 12-Month Contract
Designs and maintains on-prem data pipelines and warehouses using SQL, ETL, and Microsoft BI tools to support banking analytics.
Senior Data Engineer - Lakehouse & Real-Time Pipelines
Senior Data Engineer builds and maintains batch and real-time data pipelines on a Lakehouse architecture using SQL, Python, Snowflake, Databricks, and Airflow to support analytics and ML across APAC.
Hybrid Data Engineer — Azure & Fabric Lakehouse
Designs and builds scalable data pipelines and Lakehouse/Data Warehouse solutions on Microsoft Fabric and Azure for analytics and AI workloads.
Senior Data Engineer - Hybrid Cloud & Data Lakes
Designs and maintains ETL/ELT pipelines and data lakes for a government transformation program, integrating on-premises and cloud systems while ensuring compliance and security.
Data Engineer — Hybrid (Databricks/Azure)
Build and optimize Databricks/Azure data pipelines in Python and SQL to deliver analytics and AI solutions for a travel-focused company.
Data Engineer
Build and optimize scalable data pipelines using Python (PySpark), SQL, Azure, and Databricks to deliver reliable data products for analytics and AI at a transport safety agency.
GCP Data Engineer
Build and maintain GCP data pipelines and MLOps frameworks using Dataflow, Apache Beam, BigQuery, Kubeflow, and Python for enterprise clients.
Data Engineer
Build and maintain AWS-based data pipelines and migrations using Redshift, PostgreSQL, Python, and SQL to ensure secure, scalable data delivery for analysts and engineers.
Senior Data Engineer - Product
Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and Lakehouse assets on AWS, Snowflake, and Databricks to power real-time and batch analytics for Domain’s property platforms.
Data Engineer - Snowflake or Databricks
Senior data engineer builds and owns full-stack data platforms in AWS with Snowflake or Databricks, designing lakes, pipelines, and DataOps at enterprise scale.
Lead Data Engineer — AWS Migration & Pipelines
Lead the migration of data systems to AWS and build scalable pipelines using Redshift, PostgreSQL, Python, and SQL while managing secure access for large teams.
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer builds and operates Azure/Databricks pipelines that integrate fleet telemetry, maintenance systems, and predictive analytics to optimize heavy-equipment operations.