Senior Data Engineer | Christchurch/Canterbury

• Be a part of the team transforming NZ Post through the power of data
• We're investing in best in class technologies with experienced and passionate people
• Generous work from home options and flexible location around NZ

NZ Post has an enterprise wide ambition to ensure that data underpins and heightens our customer and employee experience.  

Mō te Tukurau Aotearoa - About NZ Post

NZ Post has been a vital link for New Zealanders for over 170 years, and in the future, we will continue to be a trusted Kiwi company that helps customers succeed and helps New Zealand grow.  We're currently on a journey of change designed to support our transformation strategy to deliver customer driven technology solutions, with greater speed to market and keeping pace with emerging technology.

NZ Post has an enterprise wide ambition to ensure that data underpins and heightens our customer and employee experience.  We have a vision of building a universally data smart organisation where the best of machine and the best of humans collaborate to create a smarter, efficient, more profitable organisation. This means that every day we aim to drive easy access to valuable insights at the speed of business. 

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

The Senior Data Engineer plays a pivotal role in ingesting raw data and operationalising NZ Post's most valuable data and analytics products. Our data engineers work in cross-functional squads with other data professionals to build integrated and reusable data pipelines and transformations that enable faster data access, integrated data reuse and improved time-to-solution.

A key part of the role is being responsible for moving these data pipelines (including transformations) effectively into production and making curated data sets available for key data and analytics consumers e.g. business/data analysts, data scientists.   

The Senior Data Engineer is responsible for providing support for data products and solutions that have deployed into production as well as measuring and monitoring the on-going performance of data pipelines, products and the data platforms, ensuring they meet the needs of the organisation.

Mōu - About you

We're looking for an experienced data engineer who has a keen interest in data modelling and would relish the opportunity to help us accelerate the data modelling part of our practice. You'll be someone who enjoys working with a team of capable and experienced peers and who values autonomy.

To be successful in this role you'll need:

• Around 5+ years of work experience in data management disciplines including data integration, modelling, optimization.
• At least 2 years of experience working in cross-functional teams and collaborating with business stakeholders to deliver data initiatives or data products. 
• Hands-on development experience using SQL and Python.
• Previous data modelling experience using 3NF, Kimball and Data Vault would be highly advantageous.
• Exposure to Snowflake and dbt would be considered advantageous.
• Ability to design, build and manage data pipelines for data structures encompassing data transformation, data models, schemas, metadata and workload management.

What's in it for me?

We offer a competitive salary package which includes a 4% KiwiSaver contribution, 22 days annual leave, and medical care for you and your family. Important too is a great work whanau - you'll have strong team of highly capable peers alongside you, and a leader who will empower you at the helm. You are encouraged to be autonomous in how you deliver so you can achieve a work & life balance tailored for you – including where you choose to live in the country.

And, there are career development opportunities across the NZ Post group – we proactively source talent from within.

Interested? Come join the Whanau! 

Apply today, or to find out the full requirements of the role please download the JD available via the NZ Post website. If you require additional information, contact Rachel Wilson (Talent Acquisition Specialist) on Rachel.Wilson@nzpost.co.nz

Applications for this position close on Monday 8 August 2022.  Please note we will review applications on a rolling basis and may progress applications prior to the closing date.

All external applicants will be required to provide proof of their eligibility to work in New Zealand. Appointees will be subject to a security check and may be required to undertake a credit check and/or drug test.

There's something really special about being part of the team here at NZ Post - Tukurau Aotearoa, who we are and what we stand for is grounded in our values.

We are proud to be Rainbow Tick certified and recognise the diversity and uniqueness of our workforce and reaffirm our commitment to create a safe and inclusive environment for everyone.