Job Description
Company Description
About SEEK
SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.
Life at SEEK
SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (2021-2024). We are proud to work in an environment that’s inclusive where everyone’s unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.
Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.
Job Description
The Team
The Data for AI & Analytics team owns and curates SEEK’s behavioural data at scale — the very data that powers our most important AI models and drives analytics across SEEK. We build high-quality data assets that are foundational to how SEEK understands and improves experiences for both individuals and organisations.
This position will report to the Engineering Manager and be part of a team made up of senior and mid-level data engineers. This role collaborates closely with internal peers, including staff, senior, and mid-level data engineers; analytics engineers; and data solution designers. The team works in close partnership with several Analytics teams across SEEK, and a key part of this role involves enabling those teams to work more productively with AI.
About the role
The Staff Data Engineer is a senior technical leader within the Data for AI & Analytics team, responsible for building high-quality data assets that sit at the foundation of SEEK’s AI and analytics ecosystem — including the behavioural data that fuels our most critical AI models and informs strategic decisions across SEEK.
As an in-team technical specialist, you design and build fit-for-purpose solutions while strengthening the team’s technical systems and platforms. You lead and elevate technical practices that enable effective software delivery, demonstrating deep expertise in the team’s codebase, systems, and tools. You also drive alignment between your team’s technical roadmap and SEEK’s broader technology strategy.
Responsibilities
- Design, build and operate scalable, high‑performing data systems.
- Ensure systems are well‑architected, secure, and meet SEEK’s technical and platform health metrics.
- Lead and embed strong engineering and DevOps practices to continuously improve delivery and reliability.
- Act as the technical escalation point, owning production issues through to resolution.
- Champion clean, well‑tested, secure code and uplift technical capability within the team.
- Collaborate effectively with Architecture, Security, and other technical stakeholders to align solutions.
- Partner with Analytics teams across SEEK to identify and implement opportunities that help them work faster and smarter with AI tools and modern data practices.
- Champion AI adoption within the Data Engineering team — identifying practical ways to improve how the team designs, builds, and operates data systems using emerging tools and workflows.
- Drive clear communication and alignment between technical work, team priorities, and customer outcomes.
Qualifications
Skills and experience
- Deep expertise in the Spark framework (Batch and Structured Streaming).
- Proven experience building and operating large‑scale, cloud‑based data platforms and warehouses.
- Strong proficiency with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Advanced software engineering, coding, scripting, and SQL/database skills.
- Skilled in logical and physical data modelling.
- Hands‑on experience with DevOps practices — deployments, infrastructure, monitoring, and operations.
- Demonstrated leadership in tech‑leading, mentoring, and developing engineers to enhance delivery performance.
- A genuine interest in applying AI tools and evolving engineering practices to improve team productivity and delivery quality.
Additional Information
Permanent Perks
At SEEK we offer:
- Annual Performance Bonus Plan
- Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
- Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners
- SEEK is committed to operating sustainably and is preparing for the impacts of climate change and the transition to a low-carbon future, and is working to minimise its environmental impacts which includes a long-term emissions reduction target of net zero by FY2050
At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.
We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don’t meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.
Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.
For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.
SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.
