Senior Software Engineer (Data Platforms) At carsales, we're all about making buying and selling a great experience. For over 25 years we’ve been evolving with the new economy to help people choose how they move today and tomorrow. A career in Data at carsales means being at the heart of decision-making, powering the insights behind every product, feature, and experience we deliver to millions of users globally. This role sits within our Data Engineering Team, where we build scalable data platforms, maintaining trusted pipelines, and enabling analytics – all of which empower teams across the business to make smarter, faster, and more customer-centric decisions. We embrace a hybrid way of working – mixing working from home with the energy and connection that comes from being together in the office. We champion flexibility and have many policies, procedures and leave options to support flexible work. Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia What you’ll do Contributing to the delivery of scalable data architectures, and data product development & design best practices Leading collaborations across data disciplines to develop, optimise and maintain data pipelines and solutions Engages actively in facilitating team-based problem-solving sessions and contribute to the development of best practices Initiating and nurturing effective working relationships, acting as a trusted advisor on product analytics and commercial data solutions Leading technical recommendations and decision-making while mentoring early-career engineers playing a key role in growing the team\'s capabilities Owning the delivery of their allocated initiatives within specified scope, times and budgets Qualifications Critical to success in the role is the ability to operate in the liminal space between business, data and technical practice. An all-of-business mindset over siloed success; leading with high levels of personal integrity and accountability Skilled at distilling business and analytics requirements into well-defined engineering problems Skilled at applying appropriate software engineering methods (e.g. modularisations, abstractions) that make data assets tractable Track record architecting, building and integrating with RESTful APIs and microservices architectures Proficient in containerisation platforms (e.g. Docker) and CI/CD pipelines Data engineering experience (e.g. transformations, modelling) grounded in the basics of an analytical discipline Skilled in designing and building software/pipelines using cloud services such as AWS EC2, Glue, Lambda, SNS, SQS, IAM, ECS or equivalent Demonstrated experience with distributed technologies and data-intensive processing frameworks - e.g. Airflow, HDFS, Spark, EMR Proficient in at least two programming languages (e.g. Python, Spark, Scala). Experience with .Net frameworks highly favourable Additional Information carsales is an equal opportunity employer who prides themselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage everyone of all ages, genders and backgrounds to apply. If you’re a candidate with a disability or you’ll need some adjustments to be at your best, let us know how we can provide you with additional support. We know how important keeping that balance between work/life is and have a range of flexible working options on offer, including part time. We are open to this conversation during our recruitment process if you want to know more just ask! We are a proud Circle Back Initiative Employer which means we are committed to responding to every job applicant. Successful candidates joining the carsales family are required to undergo a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights on an ongoing basis. So come and join our team, because every role is a big role in our plans to go big. J-18808-Ljbffr
