Senior Data Engineer

About Watercare

When the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthy
When the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthy

Now is an exciting time to join Watercare, we're planning to spend $14 billion over the next 10 years to ensure we can continue to support our growing city in a climate-resilient way. When you average that out, that's an investment of $3.8 million every day!

About the role

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will lead the design and delivery of enterprise grade data solutions that power Watercare’s decision making. This senior technical role provides thought leadership, sets engineering standards, and ensures Watercare’s data platforms are robust, scalable, and future focused.

In this role you will:

• Lead the design, build, and optimisation of data pipelines and architectures.

• Mentor others and champion best practice engineering, governance, and quality.

• Partner closely with Data Engineering Leaders and Architecture teams to shape Watercare’s data landscape.

• Evaluate systems for inefficiencies, inaccuracies and opportunities for automation and improvement.

About you

You’re an experienced engineer who leads by example, technically strong, collaborative, and driven to create high quality, future ready data solutions.

You’ll excel if you:

• Communicate clearly and influence across technical and non-technical teams.

• Mentor and uplift others, contributing to a high performance culture.

• Are solution focused, curious, and proactive in identifying improvements.

• Bring deep expertise in data engineering within complex environments

To be considered for this role you will:

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline.

• 10+ years’ experience with ETL tools (e.g., Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue).

• Advanced SQL expertise plus strong Python skills.

• Extensive experience with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks).

• Deep knowledge of data architecture (lakes, warehouses, Lakehouse).

Desirable

• CI/CD and IaC experience (Terraform).

• Experience working in agile environments.

• Strong technical design capability.

What's in it for you

We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including:
• Training and development opportunities
• Life and income protection insurance plans
• Generous parental leave
• Employee discounts at a range of large retailers

How to Apply

Come and join our team! If you are looking for an exciting career opportunity with a fantastic team then please apply online today - careers.watercare.co.nz.