Senior Data Engineer | Databricks, Lakehouse Architecture & Production ML | Sydney-based
A highly skilled and deeply credentialled Senior Data Engineer with specialist expertise in Databricks and lakehouse architecture, backed by strong Azure and T-SQL foundations and professional-level Databricks certification across both Data Engineering and Machine Learning. This is a candidate whose work goes well beyond dashboards and reporting -- he builds the data infrastructure that powers production ML systems at global scale.
Most recently, he designed and led the rebuild of a global SaaS platform’s sales data model from the ground up, implementing a hub-and-spoke medallion architecture capable of handling approximately 40 million new rows per day and rolling it out from APAC to a global footprint. The kind of delivery that requires both architectural vision and the technical execution capability to back it up.
Key Strengths & Experience:
- Lakehouse Architecture and Medallion Design: Hands-on experience designing and delivering hub-and-spoke medallion architectures at genuine scale, including a rebuild of a global SaaS sales data model processing 40 million rows per day and deployed across global markets
- Databricks -- Professional Level Certified: Holds Databricks professional-level certification in both Data Engineering and Machine Learning, with real-world delivery experience that validates and extends those credentials
- Production ML Data Engineering: Built Spark pipelines for a customer adoption feature store in close collaboration with senior data scientists, delivering production-grade ML data infrastructure rather than analytical outputs
- Azure and T-SQL Foundations: Deep experience across the Azure data platform combined with strong T-SQL capability, providing solid architectural breadth across the modern data stack
- Global SaaS Platform Experience: Experienced operating within the scale, complexity, and delivery rigour of global SaaS environments, with a track record of taking architectural decisions from APAC inception to worldwide rollout
An Australian Citizen relocating to Sydney and available for the right permanent opportunity. An exceptional fit for organisations building serious data and AI capability and looking for a data engineer who operates at the intersection of architecture, engineering, and production ML.
Additional Information:
- Permanent opportunity
- Salary expectation: $170k + super
- Relocating to Sydney
- Australian Citizen
Want to meet this candidate? Contact Jason Pretorius on 02 9220 3400 / 0499 141 822 or email
jasonp@coxpurtell.com.au
