Engineering Lead - Data

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Company Description Lendi Group is a market-leading digital platform business that is focused on revolutionising the entire property journey. It operates Lendi - Australia’s original and #1 digital mortgage brand - and the iconic Aussie franchise. Powered by an advanced AI proprietary platform, a national network of 1,300 brokers, 230 retail stores, a team of experienced buyer’s agents, integrated property search and conveyancing, Aussie is supporting customers at every step of their property journey to find, buy and own with more confidence than ever before. Lendi Group’s loan book is more than $100b and it was named Australia’s Aggregator of the Year for 2024. To learn more about life at Lendi Group check out our blog:  https://www.lendi.com.au/inspire/category/life-at-lendi/ Why Join Us? Innovation at Our Core  – We challenge the status quo and push boundaries to create better solutions, with a goal of becoming AI-native by June 2026. Work with the Best  – Collaborate with some of the brightest minds in fintech, financial services, and strategy. Make an Impact  – Contribute to meaningful projects that shape our business and the future of property finance. Grow & Evolve  – Develop your skills and advance your career in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment. Job Description We are seeking a Data Engineering Team Leader to join our Sydney team and take ownership of the strategic direction and delivery of the Lendi Group Data Platform. The ideal candidate is an experienced technical leader with strong expertise in data architecture, data modelling, analytics engineering, and cloud-native data platforms. You will lead the evolution of our data ecosystem, drive engineering best practices, and support scalable data and AI capabilities across the business. You will: Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing Data Engineering team through coaching, accountability, and a strong engineering culture. Drive delivery of scalable data products and modern platform capabilities aligned to business and AI transformation goals. Design and implement scalable warehouse and lakehouse data models, transformation frameworks, and migration-safe data solutions using tools such as dbt. Own end-to-end development of cloud-native data pipelines, orchestration frameworks, and data platforms across Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, Airflow, and modern ingestion tooling. Guide architecture, engineering standards, and delivery practices across ingestion, transformation, migration, modelling, testing, and platform operations Partner with stakeholders to translate business problems into clear, prioritised, and executable engineering outcomes Establish governance guardrails across ownership, data quality, security, cost optimisation, and operational support models. Drive platform reliability, CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code, and secure-by-design engineering practices. Support AI-native reporting, agentic systems, and advanced data enablement through scalable integration patterns and trusted datasets. Champion documentation, lineage, monitoring, incident management, and continuous improvement across the platform. Qualifications 8+ years’ experience delivering modern, scalable cloud-based data platforms and engineering solutions. Proven leadership experience managing and mentoring high- performing Data Engineering teams in fast-paced environments. Deep expertise across Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, SQL, Python, and modern ETL/ELT frameworks. Strong hands-on experience with dbt, Airflow, orchestration tooling, and production-grade data pipeline development. Extensive experience designing scalable warehouse and lakehouse data models for analytics, reporting, and AI use cases. Strong understanding of data governance, observability, data quality, and platform reliability best practices. Experience delivering ingestion, transformation, and migration initiatives across modern data stacks and cloud ecosystems. Ability to balance strategic platform thinking with hands-on technical leadership and delivery execution. Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to translate business needs into scalable engineering outcomes. Strong ownership mindset with a focus on continuous improvement, operational excellence, and business impact. Additional Information Lendi Group teams operate across Australia and the Philippines. Bringing together diverse expertise, innovative technology and a customer-first approach, our teams work seamlessly to simplify the property journey, helping Australians find, buy and own property with confidence. We support our people in a variety of ways, but a few of the benefits that our people rave about include: A vibrant, relaxed, yet professional culture. Hybrid working arrangement designed to support work-life balance, while fostering meaningful connection and collaboration. A holistic wellbeing programs offering 24/7 support, including medical, mental health, and financial wellbeing services to enable our workforce to thrive at home and work. generous paid Parental Leave: we celebrate our growing Lendi Group family with 18-26 weeks leave for primary carers and up to 4 weeks for secondary carers. An additional week’s Loyalty Leave each year after reaching 3 years’ service. Wellness initiatives with a strong focus on psychological safety. Our culture is guided by our three core values: We Are Stronger United; Act Like You Own It; and Keep Home Loans Human. These values are part of our DNA—helping us attract, engage, and grow the right talent while building best-in-class products. Together with our principles, they guide how we collaborate, support one another, and make decisions to drive progress with purpose. We’re committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community at Lendi Group. We believe that a team reflecting the world around us leads to greater innovation, stronger collaboration, and a more engaging workplace. This is an opportunity to shape the future of a fast-growing, purpose-driven company that’s transforming the homeownership journey. Ready to contribute to Lendi Group’s next chapter? Apply now and be part of something big! #lendigroup #LI-GP1 #LI-Hybrid