Lendi Group

fintech

EngineeringLeadData

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia FULL TIME
The Brief

“Engineering Lead - Data at Lendi Group. Skills: Data architecture, Data modelling, Cloud-native data platforms, Data Engineering. Lead Data Engineering team. Drive scalable data products”

What You'll Achieve.

Strategic direction; Delivery of Lendi Group Data Platform; Evolution of data ecosystem; Scalable data and AI capabilities; Business and AI transformation goals; Scalable data products; Modern platform capabilities; Scalable warehouse and lakehouse data models; Migration-safe data solutions; End-to-end development; Cloud-native data pipelines; Orchestration frameworks; Data platforms; Ingestion; Transformation; Migration; Modelling; Testing; Platform operations; Engineering outcomes; Governance guardrails; Data quality; Security; Cost optimisation; Operational support models; Platform reliability; CI/CD automation; Infrastructure as Code; Secure-by-design engineering practices; AI-native reporting; Agentic systems; Advanced data enablement; Scalable integration patterns; Trusted datasets; Documentation; Lineage; Monitoring; Incident management; Continuous improvement

Industry & Context.

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Problems you'll solve

Translate business problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years’ experience delivering modern, scalable cloud-based data platforms and engineering solutions, Proven leadership experience managing and mentoring high- performing Data Engineering teams in fast-paced environments, Deep expertise across Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, SQL, Python, and modern ETL/ELT frameworks, hands-on experience with dbt, Airflow, orchestration tooling, and production-grade data pipeline development, Extensive experience designing scalable warehouse and lakehouse data models for analytics, reporting, and AI use cases, understanding of data governance, observability, data quality, and platform reliability best practices, Experience delivering ingestion, transformation, and migration initiatives across modern data stacks and cloud ecosystems, Ability to balance strategic platform thinking with hands-on technical leadership and delivery execution, Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to translate business needs into scalable engineering outcomes, ownership mindset with a focus on continuous improvement, operational excellence, and business impact

What You'll Do.

Lead Data Engineering team

Drive scalable data products

Implement data pipelines

Guide architecture standards

Translate business problems

Establish governance guardrails

Drive platform reliability

Support AI-native reporting

Champion documentation

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with stakeholders; Partner with stakeholders; Work with product team

Communication Scope

Stakeholder engagement; Communication skills

Process & Methodology

Delivery execution

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