Senior Data Engineer

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Coates Group seeks a Senior Data Engineer to own the data backbone, shape architecture, and build scalable pipelines that power smarter decisions. You’ll lead end-to-end data initiatives, partner with data owners and analytics engineers, design pipelines from multiple sources into our data warehouse, and continuously optimize for quality, reliability and security. In your application, highlight proven delivery of data solutions on AWS, Snowflake, Airflow, DBT and Python, plus T-SQL and data modeling skills, and your ability to translate business needs into trusted data assets. Apply through our official careers page or LinkedIn, and use only Coates Group domains to avoid scams.

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Be Part of Our Next Chapter
For over almost 60 years, our solutions have enabled impactful connections between some of the world’s leading brands and their customers. And while we’ve already done a lot of work we’re proud of, we’re just getting started!
We’re a global technology company focused on creating dynamic, smart, personalised and engaging customer experiences powered by our range of digital hardware, our proprietary content management system and our industry leading signage solutions. (For example: If you’ve ordered in-store or in the drive-thru at McDonald’s somewhere in the world in the last few years, chances are you’ve interacted with our digital solutions.) We work in over 50 global markets and have 9 offices around the world, with a global headquarters proudly located in our founding home of Sydney, Australia.
Coates Group has the values of a family-owned business and the innovative spirit of a start-up, both which fuel our purpose – Creating Connections. Empowering Partnerships. Always Evolving.  Through hard work, dedication and creativity, we’ve become industry leaders who have won awards and set records while remaining focused on continual growth and evolution. We are a 2x Australia Good Design Award winner and successfully completed the largest hardware deployment in Quick Service Restaurant history.
We are curious, charismatic, authentic and we value and leverage the diversity of our crew. We are imaginers, kindness enthusiasts, experts, creators, thinkers, challengers, collaborators and over-achievers. And together, as a Crew, we are revolutionizing the way the world’s leading brands leverage technology to drive the best customer experiences.
We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to own our data backbone, shaping architecture, building scalable frameworks, and delivering robust pipelines that power smarter decisions across Coates Group. You’ll lead end-to-end data engineering initiatives, partnering with cross-functional teams to design, build and optimise solutions that turn complex data into trusted, business ready assets.
From big picture platform strategy to hands on pipeline development, you’ll drive performance, reliability and innovation across our data landscape. You’ll also step into evolving priorities, troubleshoot critical issues, and continuously improve how we ingest, transform and serve data, ensuring our foundations are secure, scalable, and built for growth.

Key responsibilities for this role

• Take ownership of data engineering projects from inception to completion, ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality data solutions that meet business requirements.
• Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with various teams, including data owners, analytics engineers, and stakeholders, to understand data requirements and translate them into efficient and scalable data pipelines.
• Design and Build Data Pipelines: Utilize your technical proficiency to design and construct data pipelines that enable seamless data integration from multiple sources into our data warehouse.
• Maintain Data Infrastructure: Continuously optimize and enhance the data infrastructure to ensure data quality, reliability, and performance, while adhering to best practices.
• Foster a Data-Driven Culture: Promote the use of data-driven decision-making by empowering teams with access to accurate and timely data through well-structured pipelines.
• Stay Current with Data Engineering Trends: Keep abreast of the latest advancements in data engineering technologies and methodologies, incorporating them into our data engineering practices.

Qualifications and experience

• Demonstrated experience in data engineering with a track record of delivering successful data solutions.
• Expertise in AWS Cloud services, Snowflake, Azure Cloud, Airflow, Airbite, Athena, Glue, DBT, and S3 for data storage, processing, and transformation.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python for data manipulation and ETL.
• Solid knowledge of database technologies – T-SQL, data modelling and data warehouse methodologies

About Coates
We are industry leaders who have won awards and set records. We are a 2x Australia Good Design Award winner and we successfully completed the largest hardware deployment in Quick Service Restaurant history.
We are industry leaders who have won awards and set records. We are a 2x Australia Good Design Award winner and we successfully completed the largest hardware deployment in Quick Service Restaurant history.
We are led by a forward-thinking CEO who has demonstrated a true passion for people and making Coates a place where people genuinely enjoy working. Our growth plans enable a focus on providing rapid career advancement opportunities for our talent.
Together, we are creators, allowing us to make our purpose a reality – to create immersive brand experiences for everyone.
Join a Crew that Cares
Be part of a global team of talented, ambitious, creative people that value integrity, individuality and inclusivity. (Ask us about our Equality + Empowerment Initiatives).
The benefits include an annual market competitive bonus program and our “Thrive Program” which includes a suite of flexible work options because we’re strong believers that you should never miss an important life or work moment. Thrive also provides dedicated time to prioritize our health and wellbeing (think virtual Yoga or meditation sessions), a Global Wellness paid day off to recharge as well as a “Give Back Day” to allow our Crew an opportunity to make an impact in the community.
Be inspired To Be More
We skip the red tape and aim to always stay nimble. We’re proud of where we’ve been and are energized by where we’re going. We encourage ideas and perspectives because we know the more we have, the better we are. We work hard but have fun along the way. We push the boundaries but keep it real and authentic. We believe in the values that got us here are the ones that will continue to lead us forward. We are excited by what we’ve accomplished, but know the best is yet to come.
Coates Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, age, political affiliation or belief, disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam Era, or citizenship status (except in those special circumstances permitted or mandated by law).
Fraud Alert: Employment Scam Advisory It has come to our attention that unauthorised individuals are impersonating our company and reaching out to job seekers through fraudulent emails, falsely claiming to represent Coates. These emails often request personal information and appear to come from domains that are not affiliated with our organisation, such as coatesgroupcareer.com.  We take this matter very seriously. Coates has reported these incidents to law enforcement and is cooperating with the ongoing investigation. We are committed to protecting the integrity of our recruitment process and the privacy of our applicants.  Please be advised of the following:- Coates does not operate or communicate through any domain resembling "@coatesgroupcareer.com"- We do not contact employment candidates via email to solicit personal or financial information- All applications for employment must be submitted through our official website https://coatesgroup.com/careers or directly through our LinkedIn profile: Coates Group- All emails from us will come from our official domain, which is [at]coatesgroup[dot]com or via our Applicant - Tracking System (ATS) email address, which is no-reply[at]hire.lever[dot]co  If you receive any suspicious communications purporting to be from Coates, we urge you not to respond, do not click any links, and do not provide any personal information. Your safety and trust are of the utmost importance to us. Thank you for your vigilance.