Lead Data Engineer (Tech Lead) Sydney, NSW | Permanent $210,000 - $220,000 Super Bonus Join a high-impact data and marketing technology transformation within a leading financial services environment. This is an opportunity to step into a tech leadership role where you'll help shape the future of customer data, personalisation, and real-time decisioning. The organisation is investing heavily in modern data platforms and focused on building strong internal engineering capability. As a Lead Data Engineer (Tech Lead), you'll combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership. You'll be responsible for designing scalable data solutions, setting engineering standards, and mentoring a growing team, while contributing directly to the build of a next-generation data platform. Design and build scalable, production-grade data platforms Develop and optimise ETL/ELT pipelines Deliver data solutions supporting personalisation and real-time decisioning Work across modern cloud ecosystems, including Snowflake Drive engineering best practices and technical direction Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders Mentor engineers and uplift team capability Support the shift from vendor reliance to internal capability Strong experience in data engineering at a senior or lead level Expertise in Snowflake or similar cloud data platforms Experience with Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) or comparable CDP tools Advanced SQL and strong Python skills Proven experience building ETL/ELT pipelines Solid understanding of data architecture and modelling Knowledge of data governance (lineage, quality, metadata) Exposure to Java or communication orchestration (desirable) Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills Work on a large-scale transformation program Opportunity to shape technical direction Build modern, scalable data solutions Collaborative, high-performing team environment Competitive salary and bonus If you're a hands-on Tech Lead looking to make an impact in a large-scale data transformation, we'd love to hear from you.