Senior Data Engineer

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join us in this newly created role! You’ll become part of a global, growing SaaS company at an exciting point in our growth journey. 

Based in Auckland CBD, you’ll enjoy WFH days + lots of lovely benefits (more on those below).

Who are we?

• Plexure redefines the customer experience and drives results through personalised mobile marketing and next-generation loyalty programs for household names such as McDonald’s. 
• Our industry-leading customer engagement platform has over 300 million users in 65 countries around the globe.
  

What will you do?

• Work across multiple active projects that evolve our data platform and enable better product and customer outcomes.
• Design, build and improve scalable data pipelines, platform capabilities and data models that support both analytics and wider platform use cases.
• Lead the technical delivery of complex work, contributing to solution design, engineering standards and decisions that improve performance, reliability and quality.
• Collaborate closely with teams across the business to shape practical solutions, deliver roadmap priorities and support the ongoing health of the platform.
• Help uplift team capability through mentorship, while also contributing to how the team continues to adopt AI-enabled development tools.

Our tech stack: Python, Databricks, AWS, Terraform, Spark, Azure DevOps, GitHub.

What are we looking for?

• A background in either software or data engineering, with strong Python capability.
• Experience working with cloud-based platforms (and modern data tooling would be a plus!).
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code.
• Proven ability to lead complex work, guide technical direction and contribute to solution design.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and prioritisation skills.
• A collaborative approach, with an interest in mentoring others, improving team practices and championing AI-enabled ways of working.
  

What’s in it for you?

• Paid wellness days! You’ll get 4 each year + a paid day off in the month of your birthday.
• Ongoing career development and support – receive ongoing coaching from your manager, the Data Engineering Team Lead, and a $2,000 yearly training budget to use towards upskilling yourself!
• Work from home allowance – we’ll give you a one-off payment of $1,000 to help you get set up at home. Plus, you’ll have access to staff discounts at PB Tech to help your dollars go further.
• Fully paid health insurance for yourself and discounts for family members (Southern Cross – Wellbeing 2).
• We’ve got you covered with life insurance and illness or injury income protection too.
• Hospitality benefits – grab a free lunch or dinner at one of SkyCity’s restaurants (twice a year!) + you’ll have a monthly credit at TANK.
• Summer hours! If there’s nothing pressing left to do on a Friday arvo, finish up at 1:00pm (December – February).
• Free Udemy subscription – choose from more than 200,000 available courses online!
• Mental wellbeing support for you and your family, such as EAP services through Workplace Options.
• We arrange a company-wide volunteering day once a year (paid, of course).
• Subsidised parking in the garage of our office building.
  

Why do our employees love working for Plexure?

• “I collaborate with a lot of teams across the business and have gained a lot of exposure to different areas.”

• “We use state-of-the-art, cutting-edge technology. It is great to work with different technologies.”

• “You get appreciation for the work you do. I receive recognition from my leadership, peers and clients. I feel valued.”

• “We are a very diverse team – we have people from all over the world! We work hard but also like to have fun.”