Data Engineer
Join our Data Platforms team as a Data Engineer and help power the data ecosystem that drives innovation across Sportsbet. This role sits within our Data, AI & Enabling Technology function, where you’ll design, build and optimise scalable data solutions that give us a competitive edge.
You’ll work across modern cloud platforms, collaborating with teams to deliver high-performing, reliable data products while continuously improving the way we operate. This is a hands-on role where you’ll shape architecture, contribute to solution design, and bring new ideas to life in a fast-paced, agile environment.
- Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines and platforms using modern cloud technologies.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to analyse requirements and deliver high-quality, data-driven solutions.
- Optimise performance, reliability and cost-efficiency of data platforms and services.
- Own and support production systems, proactively resolving issues and improving operational processes.
- Drive continuous improvement through automation, standardisation and adoption of best practices.
- Strong experience with AWS data services (e.g. MSK, AWS Glue, Lambda Functions, CloudWatch, Athena, Fargate, S3, EMR, etc) (required).
- Advanced SQL skills across relational and NoSQL systems (required).
- Proven experience with Python, Spark or PySpark (required).
- Experience working with Databricks and modern Lakehouse frameworks (required).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, deployment practices and tools such as GitHub (required).
- Exposure to Data Vault, Delta Lake, streaming or serverless architectures (nice-to-have).
- Experience working in agile environments with modern development practices (nice-to-have).
- Experience with serverless based technologies (nice-to-have).
- Experience with data streaming-based architecture (nice-to-have).
- Competitive salary and generous performance-based bonus for permanent staff members.
- 25 days annual leave.
- Hybrid working policy (Monday and Friday from home).
- $1,050 home office allowance for new starters.
- Industry leading Parental Leave support program with 26 weeks paid leave for Primary Carers and no wait time.
- Progressive return to work benefit for the first 6 months back: come back for 3 days, get paid for 4; come back for 4 days, get paid for 5.
- Hack Days - where creativity and collaborative ideas lead to exciting new ideas and projects for customers.
- Access to outstanding career development programs, including expert-led internal training and external learning opportunities (staff allowance for personal development).
- Weekly concierge service including free massages and nail appointments – all onsite in the Melbourne office!
- Free breakfast, daily fresh fruit and weekly rotating socials, from Thursday office drinks to fun team events.
- End of trip facilities with onsite table tennis and pool tables.
- Discounted health insurance and free flu jabs yearly.
Sportsbet is a leading Australian online wagering operator and part of Flutter Entertainment. It serves more than 2.4 million customers through a customer-first, insight-driven approach, helping Australians engage with racing and sporting events. The company employs more than 1,300 people across Melbourne, Sydney and Darwin, with over half working in technology and data. As a market leader, Sportsbet emphasises corporate and social responsibility, customer safety and high industry standards, and is headquartered in Melbourne.