Data Engineering Jobs in Australia
There are 1,697 open Data Engineering jobs in Australia on freehire right now. 606 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$856 | A$1,000 | A$1,070 | 16 |
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 29%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 263 · 15%
- Onsite 31 · 2%
- Remote 19 · 1%
Visa sponsorship offered in 14% of the 93 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 561
- Lead 231
- Principal 39
- Staff 35
- 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
Data Platform Engineer
Build and automate a modern data platform (Snowflake, dbt, GCP) to migrate legacy retail pricing pipelines while keeping the old system running reliably.
Staff Data Engineer
Senior data engineer building scalable, secure pipelines and trusted data products for analytics and dashboards using Python, SQL, and distributed systems at a major Australian bank.
Senior Data Engineer
Designs and builds scalable data pipelines to transform raw data into business insights for Toyota’s mobility operations.
Senior Data Engineer - Azure
Senior Data Engineer builds and maintains Azure-based data platforms and AI pipelines for a large enterprise, working 3 days in-office in Melbourne CBD.
Lead Data Engineer
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Azure Data Engineer
Design and maintain scalable Azure data pipelines and Lakehouse architectures to ingest, process, and model structured and unstructured data for analytics and mission-driven projects.
Data Engineer - Data Platforms
Design and build scalable data pipelines and platforms using Snowflake, dbt, Prefect, and AWS to power analytics and AI across Xero.
Data Steward
Data Steward partners with teams to improve data governance, quality, and management at BDO, maintaining metadata, glossaries, and catalogues while resolving issues and promoting best practices.
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer builds and maintains scalable data pipelines, transforms raw data into insights, and ensures reliable ETL workflows using PySpark, Databricks, Azure, and AWS tools.
Senior Data Engineer
Designs and builds scalable data pipelines using PySpark, Databricks, and Azure tools to transform raw data into actionable business insights, while mentoring the team and ensuring system reliability.