Lead Data Engineer

Comspek International

wellington, wellington, New-Zealand
Full-time
Posted June 11, 2026

Job Description

We're looking for a hands‑on Lead Data Engineer to support the delivery of a new real-time Operational Data Store (ODS) platform during a critical phase of the programme. You'll take ownership of designing, building, and optimising high‑throughput data pipelines while providing technical leadership across the engineering team.

Experience you'll bring

  • Experience with PySpark , Spark , and Structured Streaming
  • Proven background building real‑time / near‑real‑time data platforms
  • Experience with operational data stores (ODS) and ingestion‑heavy architectures
  • Strong understanding of data quality, reconciliation, duplicates, ordering, and late-arriving data
  • Performance tuning Spark workloads for scalability, stability, and low latency
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and make pragmatic technical decisions under delivery pressure
  • Comfortable providing technical...