Principal Data Engineer (Python) for Scalable Pipelines

Ambition · wellington, wellington, New-Zealand

Location
wellington
Job Type
Full-time
Posted
June 03, 2026

Job Description

A leading tech company is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to design, implement, and support world‑class infrastructure tools. This role offers an exciting opportunity for a self‑motivated engineer who is passionate about building high‑quality tools in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment. You’ll work closely with developers and other stakeholders, leveraging cutting‑edge open source and proprietary technologies to create scalable systems, data pipelines, and supporting services for advanced research and analytics.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build ETL pipelines and visualization tools on top of internal and external data sources to drive analytics and research.
  • Enhance frameworks to better leverage on‑prem compute and storage clusters.
  • Improve maintainability and performance of data pipelines.
  • Contribute to the core Python data science platform, managing petabyte‑scale datasets with APIs for granular interaction.
  • Devel...

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