Senior Data Engineer: AI-Driven Data Platform (Hybrid) …, City of Gold Coast

The Opportunity We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to help scale a modern, cloud-native data platform powering analytics, operational insights, and AI-driven products across a rapidly growing technology ecosystem. This is a hands-on senior engineering role focused on designing reliable, scalable, analytics-ready data foundations using Snowflake, Python, Sigma Computing, and Azure. You’ll play a key role in shaping how data is modelled, governed, and leveraged across both traditional BI and emerging AI use cases. You’ll work closely with product, analytics, and engineering teams to deliver trusted, high-performance datasets and enable real-world AI capabilities using Snowflake Cortex and native AI tooling. This is not a traditional BI reporting role and not a pure machine learning position. We’re looking for someone who enjoys building robust data platforms that sit at the intersection of analytics, engineering, and AI enablement. What You’ll Be Doing
- Designing and maintaining scalable batch and incremental data pipelines
- Building analytics-ready dimensional models (star/snowflake schemas)
- Optimising Snowflake performance, scalability, governance, and cost efficiency
- Developing Python-based ingestion, transformation, and orchestration processes
- Enabling AI-driven use cases using Snowflake Cortex and native AI capabilities
- Integrating structured and semi-structured data into curated analytics datasets
- Supporting self-service analytics through Sigma’s live-query architecture
- Implementing CI/CD, testing, observability, and monitoring for data workflows
- Collaborating with stakeholders to translate business requirements into trusted data products
- Contributing to data platform architecture, standards, and engineering best practices What We’re Looking For: Essential
- 5 years’ experience in Data Engineering or Analytics Engineering
- Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake in production environments
- Advanced SQL skills and strong dimensional data modelling capability
- Solid Python experience for data engineering and automation workflows
- Experience working within Azure-based cloud environments
- Strong understanding of scalability, reliability, governance, and cost optimisation in modern data platforms
- Ability to work autonomously and operate effectively in a fast-moving environment Nice to Have
- Experience with Snowflake Cortex or AI-enabled data workflows
- Experience with Sigma Computing or similar cloud-native BI platforms
- Exposure to semi-structured or unstructured data (JSON, text, embeddings, etc.)
- Experience integrating data services with applications using .NET / C#
- Experience with modern orchestration or DevOps tooling Why Join Us
- Contemporary Snowflake-first technology stack
- Real-world AI implementation work — not experimental prototypes
- High ownership with direct impact on platform and product direction
- Opportunity to help shape the future architecture of a growing data ecosystem
- Hybrid and flexible working environment
- Collaborative, engineering-led culture focused on innovation and execution #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rui6p