6-month Contract Role | Sunny Bay location | Immediate Strategic Impact

Are you a hands-on Senior Data Engineer who thrives on turning complex data into meaningful business insight?

We’re looking for a contract Senior Data Engineer for a 6-month fixed term contract whilst this client looks for their longer-term solution. Primarily, your role is to design and evolve a fit-for-future data platform within a growing, operationally driven organisation. This role is pivotal in building robust data pipelines, strengthening governance, and enabling real-time strategic insight for senior leaders.

What is also pivotal is transforming complex data into actionable recommendations, ensuring data integrity and security, and helping to foster a data-driven culture across the company.

This company has put its success down to utilising data in a unique way to maximise service delivery to its stakeholders, and constantly look at ways to improve every area of the business operations. Their "mandate" for utilising data as a key business tool is what makes this role imperative within the company.

• Design and build scalable data pipelines and ETL processes
• Develop and maintain a modern data platform aligned to business strategy
• Ensure data integrity, security, privacy, and governance (including Zero Trust principles)
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights and visualisations
• Partner with senior leaders and operational teams to embed data-driven decision making
• Continuously improve tools, methodologies, and analytics capability

• Strong experience across data engineering, analytics, and visualisation
• Proven capability with Microsoft data/analytics platforms (or similar)
• Deep understanding of data governance, privacy, and security principles
• Ability to move between technical detail and strategic conversations
• High attention to detail with a practical, delivery-focused mindset

• Curious, innovative, and forward-thinking
• Straight-talking and collaborative
• Comfortable influencing at senior levels
• Resilient in fast-paced operational environments
• Focused on delivering outcomes, not just reports

This contract is to continue their momentum whilst the long-term option is sought.

On offer is a competitive rate based on the experience you bring.

NB: You must have the right to work in NZ - and be residing in NZ - to apply for this role. We will only respond to those who fulfill these criteria.

Key Responsibilities:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years of experience in software development, with strong expertise in microservices.
• Proven leadership experience in a technical role.
• Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with DevOps practices and tools (Jenkins, Git, Terraform).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong hands-on coding skills and ability to lead by example.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in Agile environments and familiarity with squad/chapter/tribe models.
• Knowledge of event-driven architecture (e.g., Kafka).
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Passion for mentoring and developing talent.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A CONTRACT ROLE, COMMENCING IN THE FIRST 2 WEEKS OF FEB. ONLY NZ RESIDENTS OR CITIZENS ABLE TO START AT THIS TIME NEED APPLY.

About the company:

This role is with a Financial Services organisation looking to improve, and provide a leading digital experience for their customers.

About the role:

This contract role within the Digital Experience will involve working on innovative/current projects and tech. You’ll be improving online tools that customers interact with on a daily basis. As a member of the in-house digital product team, you'll be a critical part of technology transformation creating slick and user friendly online experiences.

You will be working using Agile and Continuous Integration methods. You will be working with a team who are also passionate about rapid delivery and deployment of quality code which not only meets business requirements but is cognisant of other key aspects and concerns such as security.

You will ideally be full-stack, working on front end, back end, integration, and possibly some mobile using Flutter. The core requirements are ReactJS, NodeJS, TypeScript, Serverless experience as well as AWS and some Salesforce integration work.

Criteria:

This opportunity is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative and rapidly changing environment, has a strong interest in digital innovation and who is passionate in helping people build stronger financial futures for themselves. As a contractor you will be adept at context switching while working on various initiatives simultaneously.

Action:

We are looking for contractors with availability to start in the 1st two weeks of February 2026, with solid skills to match the above. If you meet this criteria and are seeking to improve and expand your development skills and knowledge of the financial services industry then please apply now.

PLEASE NOTE:

NO OFFSHORE APPLICATIONS CAN BE CONSIDERED AS THIS IS A CONTRACT ROLE WITH AN URGENT START, SO ONLY THOSE IN NZ, WITH CURRENT RIGHTS TO WORK CAN BE CONSIDERED