Principal GCP Data Engineer

Join Simple Machines and be part of our mission to help clients unlock the full potential of their data through the creation of cutting-edge business driven data platforms and software solutions. As we continue to expand our team across Australia and New Zealand, we are seeking Principal Data Engineers who are unafraid to challenge the status quo and push boundaries.

The Exciting Part

Simple Machines is not your average consultancy or software engineering firm. Our team is comprised of inspiring technical leaders in Data Engineering, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence. Our projects are data-focused and drive impactful business outcomes.

Requirements

Requirements

• Understanding of big data considerations, such as security, governance, reliability, and scalability
• Hands-on experience with batch processing and streaming tools and technologies, such as Spark, Kafka, Flink, DBT, and Athena
• 3+ years experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, Scala, GoLang, or Rust
• Experience with data warehousing technologies (BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks) and data storage formats (Parquet, Delta, ORC, Avro, JSON)

Nice-to-Haves

• Current certifications in GCP (for example Professional Data Engineer)
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, Pulumi, CDK)
• Knowledge of containerised solutions (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, JetBrains TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, ArgoCD)
• Experience with testing tools and frameworks (DBT, Great Expectations, Soda)

Unless otherwise stated: You must have full working rights in Australia

Benefits

Working at Simple Machines

We’re looking for someone who’s as passionate as we are about building a world-class technology company specialising in engineering for data.

Just some of the benefits of working with Simple Machines include:

• Flexible working: Want to work from home or leave early to pick up the kids? Need to start early some days, later on others? No problem!
• Generous parental leave: Three months’ fully paid primary carer leave and one month fully paid secondary carer leave, subject to a minimum 12 month tenure
• Learning and development: We all love continually learning and have a generous budget for you to upskill, join conferences, get certified and qualified
• Lunch is on us. Always! We happily supply lunch at each of our office locations every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.