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- Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.
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Job description
About the Role
Are you passionate about building advanced data platforms and solving challenging data problems that significantly impact business results? Heartland is seeking a Data Engineer - Projects to lead and deliver strategic data initiatives across New Zealand and Australia. You will work extensively with cutting-edge cloud technologies such as Snowflake, dbt, Azure Data Factory, Data Vault 2.0, and AtScale to develop scalable data products supporting various needs, including regulatory reporting, finance analytics, platform migrations, and business transformations.
This role offers a chance to contribute to important projects within a growing financial services company actively investing in data and digital capabilities. You will have the opportunity to influence solution architectures, collaborate closely with business stakeholders, and help define exemplary data engineering practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement data engineering solutions in production, ensuring controlled releases and active stakeholder collaboration.
- Use Snowflake and SQL extensively to optimize performance and design cost-effective data pipelines.
- Develop and maintain production dbt projects including creation of models, testing frameworks, documentation, lineage tracing, and deployment standards.
- Create ingestion and process orchestration workflows, preferably with Azure Data Factory.
- Apply dimensional modelling techniques and Data Vault 2.0 methodology to fulfill business requirements.
- Develop and manage governed semantic layer solutions, ideally leveraging AtScale or related tools.
- Operate within regulated industry contexts requiring accuracy, governance, and data traceability.
Candidate Profile
- Extensive hands-on experience with SQL and advanced data transformations.
- Ability to design solutions that are maintainable, performant, and easy to operate.
- Skilled at managing ambiguity by translating complex business needs into practical and efficient technical designs.
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving aptitude.
- Excellent communication skills for engagement with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Familiarity with disciplined engineering practices including version control (Git/GitHub), code reviews, testing, and thorough documentation.
- Capability to manage multiple priorities effectively while upholding transparency and quality in delivery.
About Heartland
Heartland is a publicly listed financial services group on NZX and ASX, operating Heartland Bank in both New Zealand and Australia. The company offers award-winning savings and finance products to a broad customer base such as business owners, farmers, and retirees. Their strategic goal focuses on digital transformation to enhance customer experience through quicker service and better pricing.
The company fosters an innovative, inclusive culture committed to diversity and employee wellbeing. Opportunities for professional growth and participation in internal committees supporting Māori, rainbow communities, diversity, inclusion, and sustainability initiatives are available.
Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
Heartland celebrates diverse backgrounds and is dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where people can be authentic. It is a Living Wage Employer, a Hearing Accredited Workplace, and holds the Rainbow Tick accreditation. Equal opportunities are provided for all applicants, and accommodations can be arranged during recruitment processes.
Additional Information
Applicants must be eligible to work in New Zealand.