Data Engineer

Data Engineer

Data in the automotive industry is scattered around the world in a variety of complex formats, and the fun part is in unifying these data into a single format that drives our clients' business.

As a Data Engineer at Partly, you will be the technical owner of our data pipelines and infrastructure. You'll be responsible for designing, building, and optimizing robust systems that ingest, process, and deliver data to internal teams and external customers at scale. This includes introducing best practices such as schema versioning, pipeline version control, automated validation, lineage tracking, orchestration, monitoring, and cost optimization. This is a green field project, so you will have the opportunity to have a huge amount of impact.

Your skills:

• Experience in data engineering — designing, building, and scaling pipelines and ETL/ELT processes

• Proficiency in SQL and Python (or similar programming languages used for data engineering)

• Hands-on experience with modern data tools (e.g., Airflow, dbt, Spark, Kafka, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, etc.)

• Strong understanding of databases and data modeling (relational and non-relational)

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and data infrastructure management

• Detail-oriented but also a systems thinker — able to zoom out and design for scale and reusability

• Strong communicator — able to explain complex data topics clearly to technical and non-technical audiences

• (Preferred, but not essential) Experience working with e-commerce, automotive, or cataloguing data

• Ownership mindset — driven to solve problems end-to-end and continuously improve systems

Benefits:

• Competitive base salary plus equity. Even though we're a small startup, we offer competitive salaries and great equity.

• Parental leave and flexible return to work. After returning to work, primary carers can work 4-day weeks for 100% of their pay for the first twelve weeks. For secondary carers, we offer 10 days of leave at full pay.

• Flexible working hours. We're office-first, but are flexible with hours and working from home when you need to.

• A brand new architecturally designed office in Christchurch CBD. With free snacks, drinks on tap, two different coffee machines, social areas, and one of the best cafes in Christchurch 50m away.

• Monthly team lunches to celebrate our wins and enjoy each other's company outside the office.

• Ergonomic workspace. Sit-stand desks, ergonomic chairs, quiet spaces, and collaboration spaces to suit all kinds of working styles.