About SEEK

SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.

Life at SEEK

SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (2021-2024). We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.

About SEEK

At SEEK, we’re committed to helping people live more fulfilling and productive working lives. Every decision we make – from product design to AI innovation – builds on that mission.

Our AI & Analytics division plays a crucial role in that journey, creating data‑driven solutions that connect millions of job seekers with opportunity and empower organisations worldwide. If you love tackling complex data challenges and turning information into impact, SEEK is the place to do it.

About the Team

The AI & Analytics Data Products team is at the heart of SEEK’s data strategy. We build high‑quality, reliable data assets that power insights, shape intelligent products, and enhance experiences for people and businesses across the SEEK Group.

You’ll join a collaborative, diverse, and highly skilled mix of senior and mid‑level data engineers, analytics engineers, solution designers, and data specialists – all working together to build scalable systems and drive innovation across SEEK’s data ecosystem.

About the Role

As a Senior Data Engineer, you’ll play a key role in designing, building, and operating data pipelines and infrastructure that make SEEK’s ambition possible. You’ll work alongside our Staff Data Engineers and Data Modellers to analyse problems, design robust solutions, and ensure our data systems are secure, reliable, and optimised for scale.

You’ll take end‑to‑end ownership — from architecture and implementation to production operations — while lifting others through mentorship and technical leadership. This is a hands‑on opportunity to shape the future of data engineering at SEEK, contributing to products that actively improve people’s working lives.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and run big data processing pipelines that power SEEK’s analytics and AI products
• Build tools that manage and monitor data systems — improving quality, security, and lifecycle management
• Deploy and operate data infrastructure and services on Databricks and AWS
• Maintain system health — ensuring our platforms are secure, reliable, resilient, and cost‑effective
• Mentor and coach junior engineers, helping grow technical capability across the team

• Extensive experience delivering scalable, reliable data solutions in cloud production environments
• Expertise in big data frameworks (ideally Apache Spark on Databricks or AWS EMR), across both batch and streaming pipelines
• Strong software engineering foundation (CI/CD, testing, version control)
• Advanced SQL and database design skills, with a focus on performance and optimisation
• Proficiency in Python (Scala experience a bonus)
• In‑depth experience with Cloud Data Warehouses such as Databricks, Snowflake, or BigQuery
• Solid understanding of AWS Big Data services, including EMR, Athena, Glue, S3, IAM, CloudFormation, CDK, Lambda, SNS/SQS/SSM
• Confident in end‑to‑end management of infrastructure, deployments, and monitoring
• Experience supporting BI, Analytics, Data Science, and AI/ML initiatives

Permanent Perks
At SEEK we offer:

• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners
• SEEK is committed to operating sustainably and is preparing for the impacts of climate change and the transition to a low-carbon future, and is working to minimise its environmental impacts which includes a long-term emissions reduction target of net zero by FY2050
• The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.