Senior Data Engineer (Financial Analytics focus)
capital
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Posted Mar 18, 2026
- Other
- Product & Engineering
Job description
We are a leading trading platform that is ambitiously expanding to the four corners of the globe. Our top-rated products have won prestigious industry awards for their cutting-edge technology and seamless client experience. We deliver only the best, so we are always in search of the best people to join our ever-growing talented team. We are seeking a Data Engineer to join our Financial Analytics team developing and maintaining data pipelines, transformation logic, and data quality checks in a complex multi-jurisdiction financial data platform (PostgreSQL DWH + Airflow orchestration). ### Responsabilities - Implement enhancements and changes to existing reporting processes to improve accuracy, performance, and usability - Design and develop new reporting pipelines and datasets aligned with business requirements - Automate of data delivery processes - Identify and implementation of automated data quality checks - Resolve of issues related to data quality - Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather reporting requirements, clarify logic, and ensure outputs meet expectations ### Requirements - 4+ years in analytics engineering or similar data-focused roles - Advanced PostgreSQL: stored procedures and functions, complex CTEs, window functions, SCD2 patterns, query plan analysis and optimisation - Strong understanding of data warehouse architecture: staging, core, and data mart layers; incremental load patterns; slowly changing dimensions - Hands-on experience with Apache Airflow: DAG authoring, scheduling, dependency management, and failure handling - Proficiency with Git (GitLab or GitHub) and JIRA - Experience designing and evolving data warehouse architecture and data models - Track record of building robust, maintainable ELT/ETL pipelines in production - Experience implementing automated data quality checks - Domain fluency in financial and trading concepts, with the ability to understand requirements and clearly explain implemented logic to business stakeholders - High degree of autonomy: able to reverse-engineer undocumented systems, identify root causes, and take end-to-end ownership of pipelines and calculation logic - Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude, Copilot, Cursor) to improve productivity ### Nice to have - Hands-on experience with dbt, particularly in the context of migration or adoption initiatives - Exposure to Snowflake or strong interest in working with it as part of a target data architecture - Proficiency in Python for scripting, automation, and data pipeline tooling - Background in fintech or financial services in any capacity ### What you will get in return - Competitive compensation - A generous paid leave policy, supporting a healthy work–life balance - Two additional paid days per year dedicated to volunteering and giving back - Private medical insurance for your peace of mind - An additional flexible benefits budget, allowing you to tailor benefits to your needs - Flexible working mode - The opportunity to work from almost anywhere in the world for up to 30 days per year - Annual company-wide events held in locations around the globe - In-office massages to support wellbeing