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About the Role
As a Data Engineer at Shift, you'll work alongside our Senior Data Engineer to maintain and evolve our Azure-based data platform. You will contribute to a significant uplift in our data model as we build towards the next generation of our credit decisioning capability. This role offers visibility and impact within a flat, fast-moving organization, collaborating closely with analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain robust ELT pipelines for enterprise-grade data integration across Shift's lending, product and analytics operations.
- Contribute to the evolution of our data architecture, including schema design, metadata management and governance standards through Unity Catalog.
- Apply data quality and consistency standards across pipelines and systems.
- Manage and optimise databases, including query tuning and storage performance.
- Partner with analysts, data scientists and engineers to translate business requirements into working data products.
- Develop modular, reusable scripts and tools to support automation and scalability.
- Identify and contribute to opportunities to build AI-augmented data workflows that scale analytical output across the business.
Requirements
- 3-5 years experience in a data engineering or related role.
- Hands-on experience building ELT pipelines using Azure Data Factory and Azure Databricks.
- Strong SQL and Python skills, including query optimisation and complex transformations.
- Working knowledge of dimensional modelling, Delta Lake and medallion architecture.
- Practical experience with Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 and Azure Key Vault.
- Experience automating workflows using Azure Functions and CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
- Comfortable using AI coding assistants (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude) to accelerate your work and curious about what's next.
- A collaborative working style - you bring problems to the team, not just solutions to your manager.
- Clear communicator who can translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
Skills
- Azure Data Factory
- Azure Databricks
- SQL
- Python
- Dimensional Modelling
- Delta Lake
- Medallion Architecture
- Azure SQL Database
- Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
- Azure Key Vault
- Azure Functions
- CI/CD pipelines
- Azure DevOps
- GitHub Copilot
- Claude
Location
- North Sydney
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 3-5 years
Benefits
- Collaborative teams – a flat structure means everyone can learn from colleagues and senior leaders around the business.
- Be involved – come together with all of your colleagues every 100 days to share the product and technology roadmap and business strategy.
- Flexible working environment – we’re headquartered in North Sydney with state-based workplaces and offer a flexible work policy.
- Family support – industry leading 26 weeks paid parental leave.
- Purpose built spaces within our office – designed for collaboration, brainstorming, socialising, and focused work.
- Range of benefits supporting your physical, psychological and financial wellbeing. From a day off on your birthday to excellent end of trip facilities.
About the Company
- At Shift, we’re business specialists dedicated to helping Australian SMEs take control of their cashflow, streamline trade terms and choose the right financial products.
- We believe Australian businesses are the driving force behind our economy and are core to our communities. That’s why our business expertise, focus on relationships, and market-leading technology is at the core of everything we do.
- We’ve helped solve the credit and payment pain points for more than 30,000 businesses, providing over $6 billion in aggregate funding.
- Our unique approach to product innovation combined with our collaborative culture means you can build your career in a supportive environment.
- You’ll be joining a diverse team of over 300 people who are always looking to deliver better outcomes for Australian businesses.