? Senior Data Engineer | Databricks | 12-Month Contract | ASAP Start

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join the team on a 12-month contract, with an ASAP start.

This is a hands-on role for someone who combines deep technical expertise with the ability to mentor, influence, and elevate a data engineering team.

What you’ll be doing

- Design, build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and enterprise data platforms using Databricks & Apache Spark.
- Architect data migration, replication and transformation solutions.
- Build robust ingestion pipelines across SQL/Postgres, APIs and Kafka/streaming data.
- Work with complex data structures such as JSON and optimise them for analytics and downstream consumption.
- Implement orchestration, CI/CD, automated infrastructure and platform governance.
- Mentor and coach data engineers, promoting strong engineering practices, design patterns and code quality.




- Communicate the why behind technical decisions and help build deeper data engineering capability across the team.

What we’re looking for

- Extensive experience as a Senior Data Engineer with strong Databricks and Apache Spark expertise.
- Advanced SQL and Python skills.
- Experience with Airflow, dbt or similar orchestration/transformation technologies.
- Strong background in data migration, API integration and Kafka/streaming pipelines.
- Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure automation and data catalogue tools.
- A proven ability to mentor, coach and upskill other engineers.
- Excellent consulting and communication skills, with the ability to make complex technical concepts easy to understand.

? Contract: 12 months ? Start: ASAP

If you’re a Databricks-focused Senior Data Engineer looking for your next contract prospect, we’d love to hear from you.

? Apply now or get in touch for more information.

📌 Senior Data Engineer (Perth)
🏢 Tardis Group
📍 Perth