Data Engineer | Python | AWS

Data Engineer | Trading & Data Platforms 

Location: Sydney or Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia

This is an opportunity to join a high-performing trading platform business expanding its engineering capability across Sydney and the Sunshine Coast.
The company is profitable, established, and scaling, with data at the core of how decisions are made. They are looking for a Data Engineer who enjoys building robust, high-throughput data systems that power real-world outcomes.
If you’re motivated by engineering quality, ownership, and seeing your work directly impact performance, this role will resonate.

The Role

You’ll design, build, and optimise data systems that deliver speed, reliability, and accuracy in a competitive trading environment.

Responsibilities include:

• Designing and scaling data pipelines supporting analytics and predictive models
• Building and maintaining data platforms, tooling, and infrastructure
• Ensuring data quality, observability, and reliability across production systems
• Working closely with software engineers and quantitative teams to enable data-driven decision-making
• Owning data problems end-to-end, from ingestion through to production use

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys building resilient systems, iterating quickly, and continuously improving data flows that matter.
Experience Required The stack evolves with the problem. Current technologies include:

• 3+ years building and shipping production-grade data systems
• Languages: Python, SQL (experience with Rust or Java beneficial)
• Data & Workflow: Prefect or similar orchestration tools
• Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker
• CI/CD & Tooling: GitHub, Buildkite
• Strong understanding of data modelling, pipeline design, and performance optimisation
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems (or similar)
• Strong ownership mindset - accountable for outcomes, not just tasks

Comparable experience is welcomed if you learn fast and take responsibility.

The Opportunity

This role offers the chance to work within a profitable, stable business that operates with a startup-style, performance-driven culture.
You’ll be given:

• Autonomy and trust to design and improve systems
• Exposure to complex, real-world data challenges
• The opportunity to learn from experienced engineers and quantitative specialists
• Clear visibility into the impact of your work

This is also a strong opportunity to break into the fintech and trading platform space in a meaningful, hands-on way.

Relocation support and sponsorship are available for this position.

If this sounds of interest, please apply for immediate consideration.