Roles - Sydney
Re:Sourced runs structured search for senior data engineers in Sydney. Median 21 days from intake to signed offer, 90-day replacement guarantee, calibrated against an active network of senior engineers across the ANZ market.
The role
Builds and operates data pipelines, warehouses and platforms. Common stacks: Snowflake or BigQuery, dbt, Spark, Kafka, Airflow. Senior data engineers typically own a domain (finance data, customer data, ML data) end to end. Distinct from analytics engineering (closer to the business) and data platform engineering (deeper infra).
In Sydney, senior data engineer hiring concentrates around the city's deepest engineering employers - listed financial services, AI-native scale-ups, fintech and the platform/infrastructure tail. Hybrid is the dominant pattern; full-remote is increasingly negotiated for senior IC roles.
Salary band 2026
Bands below are calibrated against active Re:Sourced searches in Sydney for 2026. Base only; total compensation typically runs 20-50% above base when equity is structured well.
| Tier | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Senior IC | AUD 180k | AUD 240k |
| Total comp range | AUD 215k | AUD 320k |
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How we hire
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30 minute working session. No fee until placement. Replacement inside 90 days.