Chief Engineer - Data Platforms & Data Engineering
Auckland
ClearPoint New Zealand /
Permanent /
Hybrid
A bit about us
For over 16 years, ClearPoint has helped organisations succeed in a continually changing digital landscape. We are a trusted technology partner combining digital design, software engineering, data and insights, cloud and platforms, and consulting services to help organisations adapt to change.
We pride ourselves on forming transformational collaborative partnerships that maximise value, deliver results and make a lasting impact through great outcomes and capability uplift. Through innovative thinking, we strive to make a difference for ourselves, our teams, our clients and our community across New Zealand and Australia.
The ClearPoint culture
We’re proud of the collaborative and inclusive culture we’ve fostered at ClearPoint. Our values are the essence of what we stand for and underpin our way of working and interactions.
- Respect and Care for People
- Act with Integrity
- Earn and Nurture Trust
Our diverse team enables us to better understand and serve our clients, attract the best talent and innovate successfully. So, from the moment you step through our doors, you’ll feel welcome and supported to do the best work you can.
Our head office in Auckland is a modern, functional space overlooking the Viaduct, and just a 5-minute walk from Britomart’s central transport hub. We’ve also got access to co-working spaces across New Zealand and Australia, to cater to some of our team and clients in different regions.
The role
We have an exciting opportunity for the role of Chief Engineer - Data Platforms. Reporting to our GM of Platform Engineering, the purpose of this role is to lead our vibrant and fast-growing data practice, and to provide ClearPoint teams and clients with modern data architectures, engineering, data science and analytics solutions. Please note, this is an Auckland-based permanent role.
The experience we’re looking for:
You might currently be a Practice Lead, Senior Consultant or Principal Engineer in the data space looking for your next step - whatever your situation, if you’re a senior level Data star, and you also have line management experience - then let's talk!
What you'll be doing:
- Hands-on architecture, design and engineering of modern data platforms and architectures
- Consulting, thought leadership, technical and domain expertise to effectively support client projects and internal ClearPoint teams
- Comfortable with making formal and informal presentations to technical & non-technical staff and customers
- Strong experience and certification in modern data platforms, ideally Snowflake and Informatica, or platforms like Data Bricks and Azure
- Strong experience with common data processing tools such as HDFS, Spark, Kafka, GCP Big Query, S3, Airflow, AWS Glue or other latest data tools
- Experience or exposure to ETL/ELT packages such as DBT, SSIS, Pentaho, Informatica, SAS, or WhereScape RED
- Understanding of current virtualisation and containerisation tech such as AWS EC2, Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with a programming language such as Java, Python, Go or Typescript
- Strong expertise with relational databases and SQL queries
- Strong expertise with data modelling fundamentals and diagramming techniques
- Understanding of data structures common to data processing such as Star and Snowflake patterns
- Security engineering practices and tools especially as relates to data security
- Awareness of common data presentation tools and tech such as PowerBI, Tableau
- Understanding of the Product Owner role - and perhaps have worked as a PO in the past
What’s on offer?
Work on complex, interesting, award-winning and market-leading projects. There’s plenty of variety in the role, giving you the opportunity to carve your own path within ClearPoint.
We offer competitive remuneration with a range of staff perks and benefits. These include health insurance and subsidised gym memberships as well as access to yoga, massages, a dog- and kid-friendly head office, drinks and snacks, barista coffee, and lots of opportunity to take part in team sports and other events if you fancy.
At ClearPoint we support flexible or remote working arrangements where appropriate that enable you to balance your work, life and passions. We have a number of ways to help us all stay connected, regardless of where you’re working from - Slack and Google Meet are key!
What you’ll be working with (tech, tools and more!)
We have a BYOD policy at ClearPoint to allow you to utilise whatever tech takes your fancy. For our permanent staff, we provide a yearly BYOD allowance and phone allowance, so you can choose the tech that best suits your needs.
All our permanent staff get an annual training and professional development budget for books, courses and conferences. You’ll also get access to resources from a range of our partners such as AWS, Microsoft, Okta, Snowflake and Salesforce, including training platforms, partner portals, online courses and real-life practice. We also offer a range of lunch and learn sessions; engineering festivals and tech community meet ups to foster networking and sharing of knowledge.
What’s next?
Sound like the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Please apply and one of our Talent team will be in touch for a confidential chat!
You must be eligible to work in New Zealand or Australia to be successful in this application.
