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
Cloud Data Engineer: Telemetry Pipelines & Dashboards
Build Python pipelines to ingest and store telemetry from unmanned surface vessels, then create Grafana dashboards for engineering and operations teams.
Contract Data Engineer: Flexible Cloud Pipelines
Build and optimize cloud data pipelines for analytics and AI initiatives using AWS/GCP/Azure, collaborating with product and analytics teams.
Data Engineer — BI & Health Analytics
Build and maintain BI pipelines and Power BI dashboards to support health analytics and data-driven decisions across cohealth.
Senior Data Engineer — Azure & Data Forensics
Senior Data Engineer builds and maintains Azure Synapse pipelines with PySpark and Python, enforces Medallion Architecture, and troubleshoots data quality in undocumented extracts for a NSW government department.
Data Engineer
Build and run AWS/Snowflake data pipelines for a global mobility operator, industrializing a new Data Lake and supporting analytics teams with curated datasets.
Data Engineer
Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and cloud-based platforms using AWS, Python, Spark, and Databricks to power Sportsbet’s analytics and AI-driven products.
Data Engineer
Designs and builds Azure-based data pipelines and cloud data platforms using Microsoft Fabric, SQL, and ETL/ELT processes to modernize enterprise reporting and analytics.
Data Engineer
Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and cloud-based data platforms using AWS, Python, Spark, and Databricks to power Sportsbet’s analytics and AI-driven products.
Data Engineer
Design and build scalable data pipelines using Microsoft Fabric, Python, and Azure Synapse for analytics and reporting across finance, government, and other sectors.
Data Engineer
Build and run a data-migration pipeline that moves audit tables from a legacy system into Microsoft Fabric, ensuring accuracy and audit-readiness.
Data Engineer
Build and maintain a modern cloud data platform using Snowflake, AWS, dbt and Dagster to power analytics and business decisions for an Australian gaming systems provider.
Cloud Data Engineer for AI & Data Solutions
Designs and builds cloud data pipelines, warehouses, and ML/AI integrations for clients using Python, SQL, and cloud platforms like Snowflake or Databricks.
Data Engineer
Design and build cloud-based data pipelines and warehouses using Azure services, Python, and SQL to ingest, transform, and visualize government data.
Data Engineer
Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and ML models to power Kogan.com’s eCommerce operations, enabling data-driven decisions across marketing, logistics, and finance.
Data Engineer
Lead the design and maintenance of a data lake and warehouse, ingesting structured/unstructured data, and mentoring a team of data engineers using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Python.
Data Engineer
Build and maintain data pipelines using Databricks and dbt, integrating marketing analytics sources like Google Analytics and Meta Ads to power reporting and business decisions.
Data Engineer
Build and maintain Spark pipelines and Kafka ingestion for large-scale government data lakes, ensuring data quality and real-time processing.
Test Data Engineer
Design and run enterprise-wide test environments and test data pipelines for healthcare systems, using tools like Enov8 and Azure DevOps.
Data Engineer (Contract)
Builds and maintains scalable Azure data pipelines using Data Factory, Databricks, and Synapse to support ETL/ELT workflows and ensure data quality and reliability.