Senior Data Engineer

Onside is an agri-tech saas scale-up born out of Christchurch, solving problems for farmers and agribusiness through cutting-edge, innovative software. Our talented team thrives on great design, creating simple to use farm management solutions that enable resilience and power the world's biosecurity. We are committed to leveraging data-driven insights to drive innovation and enhance business performance.

We are building a world-class engineering team and are looking to recruit a Senior Data Engineer to help lead the development of a greenfields enterprise data platform.  The ideal candidate will be passionate about data, possess strong technical skills, and have experience designing and implementing scalable data platforms.

About the Role

• Design, develop, and support data models, pipelines, and data visualisation solutions based on Microsoft technologies.
• Work closely with the data science team and wider engineering team to ensure all relevant data sources are accessible and integrated with the data platform.
• Work closely with customers and internal stakeholders to ensure the data platform meets their requirements.
• Provide training and support for end users to enable them to effectively utilise data tools and platforms, and ensure that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to leverage data insights for decision-making.
• Contribute to developing Onside’s artificial intelligence strategy,  and ensuring the data platform meets the technical requirements for AI use cases.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. 

• Proven experience building data warehouses, data pipelines, and/or data platforms using the lakehouse architecture.
• Expertise using Microsoft technologies including SQL Server, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and Microsoft Fabric. Knowledge of Databricks would be a bonus.
• Familiarity with Power BI and experience building interactive dashboards and reports is a plus.
• Strong data modelling and data querying skills. 
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment and interact with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Proactive, motivated, and self-driven with a continuous improvement mindset.

Benefits

You'll have a unique opportunity to join a growing, well-resourced and well-backed business that has moved from start-up to a scale-up, preparing to go global. It's an experience most of us dream of! We have a clear product value proposition, there is no red tape, everybody has a voice and every voice counts. You don't need to just take our word for it, we've been named in Matchstiq's Top 100 best Kiwi startups and tech companies to work for in 2023.

We offer a hybrid workplace experience, with a buzzing office in the heart of Christchurch. You’ll be involved with a truly innovative deep-tech product, a first and only of its kind, solving real-world biosecurity problems that will impact the world, generations to come.