Senior Data Engineer
Help build Deswik's new data capability, shaping trusted cloud data foundations for future analytics and product use
Why are we hiring?
We are looking for someone with strong foundations in data engineering and data modelling, with enough software awareness to work well inside a product engineering environment.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Help shape and execute data strategies for cloud-native data platforms in AWS
- Help design and build trusted data models for analytics, integration, lineage and semantic layers
- Design and build reliable ELT/ETL pipelines for analytics and software-to-software data integration patterns
- Support the development of data foundations for SaaS and multitenant applications
- Set and follow coding, testing, observability and CI/CD standards
- Ensure data reliability, security, performance and cost efficiency at scale Work alongside experienced engineers, software professionals and mining specialists
Preferred Technical Skills
- Data modelling: Strong understanding of relational and dimensional modelling. Experience with semantic layers, lineage graph models, Kimball or Data Vault is desirable.
- Cloud-native data engineering: Experience building modern data pipelines, lakehouse patterns and analytical data platforms, preferably on AWS.
- Data integration: Understanding of software-to-software integration patterns, including APIs, events, CDC, batch pipelines and schema evolution.
- Modern data tooling: Experience with tools and formats such as dbt, orchestration tools, Parquet, Iceberg, Glue, Athena, Trino, Kafka, Kinesis or similar.
- Engineering practices: Comfortable with automated testing, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability and cost-aware engineering.
- Security and governance: Understanding of access control, auditability, data masking, PII handling and secure data sharing.
- Software product awareness: Desirable experience working in or with software development teams, especially SaaS or multitenant application environments.
- Leadership: roadmap influence, code reviews, stakeholder comms, and the opportunity to mentor early career data engineers.
Why Deswik?
Work That Matters
We’re not just a software company—we’re engineers helping engineers. Your work will directly improve how mines operate.
Culture That Connects
Founded on friendship and technical excellence, Deswik offers a relaxed yet high-performing environment. We trust our people and give them room to grow.
Flexibility That Works
Enjoy a hybrid schedule—2 days WFH, 3 days in our Brisbane office. We support work-life balance with autonomy and mutual respect.
Perks That Count
- Competitive salary + Annual bonus
- A team that values good software engineering practices
- Company paid parental leave
- Access to our extensive internal Learning Academy for 24/7 self-paced learning
- Contemporary office in Brisbane’s CBD, close to public transport
- A fully appointed kitchen with a variety of coffee machines – (read: free coffee), free soft drinks and regular company updates over morning tea
- Social activities (if you want)
About Deswik
Deswik is a global leader in mine planning software and consulting, with over 500 professionals across 13 countries. Our tools are used at 900+ operations worldwide, and we invest heavily in R&D to stay ahead. We’re proud to be part of the mining industry's digital transformation.