Data Engineering Jobs in New Zealand
There are 293 open Data Engineering jobs in New Zealand on freehire right now. 182 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are analytics, data-engineering and cloud.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZD | year | NZ$140,620 | NZ$148,480 | NZ$162,030 | 22 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- analytics 58%
- data-engineering 54%
- cloud 52%
- data-pipelines 49%
- sql 47%
- python 41%
- ai 35%
- ci-cd 31%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 56 · 19%
- Onsite 20 · 7%
- Remote 14 · 5%
Visa sponsorship offered in 4% of the 28 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 119
- Lead 44
- Principal 11
- C-level 3
- Intern 3
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 24
- 501-1000 employees 22
- 11-50 employees 5
- 51-200 employees 5
- 201-500 employees 2
Data Engineer Intern
Build and maintain data pipelines for a climate-tech platform using Python, SQL, and Azure tools to automate data ingestion and quality checks for sustainability reporting.
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer: Data Platforms, Analytics & Insight Why you would like it * Permanent role with strong technical variety * Work across data warehousing, modelling, IoT and geospatial data * Flexible working…
Data Engineer - Data Platform
Designs and builds cloud-based data pipelines and models, implements automated testing, and deploys data solutions using SQL and CI/CD for Kiwibank’s data platform.
Senior Data Engineer - Data Platform
Senior Data Engineer to build and maintain Kiwibank’s cloud data platform, develop pipelines and APIs, and enable AI adoption using modern DevOps practices.
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer at BNZ modernizes .NET apps and SQL Server databases, builds automated data pipelines, and drives infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD to improve scalability and efficiency in a banking environment.
Data Engineer
Salary: Competitive base salary of up to $170K/year Data Engineer | Permanent | Auckland We’re partnering with a well-established technology consultancy looking to add an experienced Data Engineer to their growing data…
Senior Data Engineer / Consultant – Microsoft Fabric
Build and deliver Microsoft Fabric-based data platforms for clients, designing Lakehouse/Warehouse solutions, ETL pipelines, and Medallion architectures using Python, PySpark, and SQL.
Data Engineering Intern (Nov 2026)
Build and maintain data pipelines and warehouses for an edtech platform used by 70M+ users, collaborating with engineers to ensure reliable, analytics-ready data.
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer builds and modernizes analytics platforms using Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Python, PySpark, and Delta Lake to migrate legacy systems and enable data-driven decision-making at New Zealand Customs.
Data Engineer: Risk Analytics & Data Ingestion
Data Engineer builds and maintains risk analytics pipelines, ingests new data sources, and optimizes cloud data warehouses for a government analytics team.
Data Engineer: Build Modern Pipelines & Lakehouse
Designs and maintains scalable data pipelines and lakehouse infrastructure using Snowflake, Databricks, SQL, and Python to support analytics and reporting across the university.
Senior Engineer - Azure Data Engineering
Senior Azure Data Engineer designs and implements cloud data platforms, warehouses, and analytics pipelines using Azure Synapse, Data Factory, and Fabric for a 3-month contract.
Data Engineer
Designs and builds scalable data pipelines and platforms for a sustainability-focused waste management company, using cloud/on-prem tools like Snowflake, SQL, and Databricks.
Data Engineer
Build and maintain cloud-based data pipelines in Snowflake and Azure, ingest new data sources with Informatica, and optimize ETL workflows to power risk analytics for New Zealand’s immigration system.
Senior Data Engineer for AI
Senior Data Engineer builds AI-ready data pipelines and semantic models for Air New Zealand, enabling AI agents, automation, and analytics across airline operations using cloud platforms like AWS/Azure.
Principal Forward-Deployed AI & Data Engineer
Principal AI & data engineer embedded with clients to design and deliver end-to-end AI solutions, build data pipelines, APIs and UIs, and mentor client teams.
AI Data Platform Engineer: Scale AI, DataOps & Cloud
Designs and builds scalable AI-ready data platforms for an airline, focusing on ELT/ETL, data modelling, and cloud-based AI workflows to support analytics and automation.
Architect - Data Engineering
Design and build modern data platforms on AWS, Azure, and GCP, including cloud data warehouses, streaming pipelines, and automation tooling for enterprise clients.