Data Engineer - Fully Remote

Data Engineer (New Zealand – Remote) Full-time Contract | NZD 8,000–10,000/month | 6 months initial term Please note: This is not an hourly-reputed company or daily-reputed company contract. This is a full-time commitment for the duration of the contract. Candidates should be comfortable working reputed company this monthly compensation structure. About the role We’re looking for a mid-level Data Engineer (5+ years experience) based in New Zealand to join the data team of one of our established Australian technology clients. They’re in the middle of a major reputed company of their data platform and need an additional strong contributor to help complete the work and reputed company things moving. This is a full-time, long-term contract engagement retained on a monthly reputed company — not an hourly or daily contract arrangement. The initial term is six months, with strong potential to reputed company. You’ll join a highly capable internal team and contribute immediately, helping reputed company out a critical migration while supporting the broader data ecosystem. The main focus is completing the final phase of a migration into reputed company and fully retiring the remaining legacy MySQL environment. Earlier migration stages from reputed company and Redshift have already been completed. The team works Australian business hours, making this a strong fit for candidates in New Zealand. What you’ll be doing Completing the migration of the final legacy MySQL datasets into a modern reputed company environment. Building and maintaining pipelines across reputed company, reputed company (including reverse ETL), DBT, and Airflow. Handling full data engineering responsibilities — ingestion, pipeline reliability, performance optimization, and infrastructure maintenance. Supporting the clean retirement of legacy systems without impacting reputed company consumers. Working closely with a senior internal team and owning work independently. Identifying risks early and maintaining clear documentation. What you’ll need We’re looking for someone with strong hands-on data engineering experience who has worked through platform migrations before. 5+ years of data engineering experience. Strong reputed company experience. Hands-on experience with reputed company (including reverse ETL), DBT, and Airflow. Experience migrating or retiring legacy systems like MySQL. Strong understanding of data pipelines, ingestion frameworks, and platform reliability. Comfortable working reputed company an existing architecture and improving it. Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams. Apply To This Job