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
Senior Data Engineer
The Senior Data Engineer will design and maintain the company's data platform, focusing on end-to-end data pipelines and integrating AI-driven context management. The role involves building scalable, reliable data solutions using modern cloud technologies like Snowflake, Python, and streaming tools.
Data Engineer (Databricks specialist)
Build and maintain Databricks-based data pipelines and analytics solutions for clients, primarily on Google Cloud, while consulting on data strategy and client projects.
Senior Cloud Data Engineer
The Senior Cloud Data Engineer will design, build, and maintain GCP infrastructure and data pipelines to support analytics and modernize legacy workloads. The role involves using tools like Terraform, BigQuery, and dbt to deliver secure and scalable data solutions.
Data Platform Lead
The Data Platform Lead will architect and build a unified, greenfield data platform on AWS to integrate agricultural machinery and field data. This role involves hands-on engineering, team leadership, and managing transactional geospatial timeseries data to support scaling operations in New Zealand and Australia.
Senior Cloud Data Engineer
Build and maintain GCP data infrastructure, including BigQuery pipelines, ETL/ELT transformations, and cloud platform architecture for a grocery retailer.
Senior Data Engineer - 8 month contractor
The Senior Data Engineer will design and maintain data workflows using the Hadoop stack, Spark, and Airflow while mentoring team members within a banking environment. This 8-month contract role focuses on secure data engineering practices, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation.
Power BI Data Engineer — Build Insightful Dashboards
Build and maintain Power BI dashboards to drive data-driven decisions, support data pipelines, and enhance data quality in a manufacturing-focused organization. Gain hands-on experience in BI, cloud platforms, and AI initiatives.
Associate Data Engineer (Power BI) (9-months Fixed Term Contract)
Builds and maintains Power BI dashboards, optimizes data pipelines, and integrates enterprise systems to deliver actionable business insights for Douglas’ manufacturing, operations, and corporate teams.
Data Engineering & Platform Leader
Lead the enterprise data engineering capability at a government housing agency, ensuring data platforms, pipelines, and analytics environments are reliable, secure, and scalable to deliver timely insights.
Manager - Data Engineering
Lead enterprise data engineering and platform teams to deliver scalable, secure data pipelines and analytics environments that power data-driven decision-making for a government housing organization.
Senior Data Engineer — GenAI Data Platform Lead
Lead the data engineering program by owning and evolving an AWS and Snowflake data platform, implementing batch/streaming ingestion, data quality, and governance to power GenAI features for international customers.
Power BI Data Engineer (9-Month Contract) – Auckland
9-month contract Power BI Data Engineer developing dashboards, supporting modern data pipelines, and improving data quality across manufacturing, operations, and corporate functions.
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer builds and refines Snowflake-based data platforms, designs scalable data models, and leads engineering standards to enable reliable analytics across the business.
Principal Cloud Test Engineer: Data Platform Quality
Lead quality engineering for a national statistics data platform, designing test strategies and automating cloud-native pipelines to ensure reliability and scalability.
Data Engineer
The Data Engineer will design, build, and optimize scalable batch and streaming data pipelines and models using Databricks. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure data quality, security, and performance within a large enterprise environment.
GIS Data Engineer
The GIS Data Engineer will support and enhance a large-scale geospatial platform by developing ETL processes and managing ArcGIS Enterprise and FME environments. This role involves platform administration, system integration, and contributing to data governance initiatives within an enterprise data team.
Data Engineer / Consultant
The Data Engineer Consultant will design data models, build backend data warehouses, and create analytics dashboards in an agile environment. The role involves working across the full data stack and requires proficiency in SQL, ETL tools, and Databricks.