- Develop data flows, data storage, property listings and audience datasets which underpin REA’s revenue and product growth
- Experience Hybrid working arrangements in a flexible environment – ex: Work from the office or home in a rhythm that suits you
- Permanent role based in Melbourne or Sydney
- Sustainability - We are certified carbon neutral and committed to reducing our impact on the environment.
- Charities – We have long-term partnerships with charities working to address homelessness.
We're REA
REA Group is not your average digital business. From humble beginnings in a garage in Melbourne’s east in 1995, we have grown into a leading global digital business, specialising in property.
With bold and ambitious goals, we are changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home.
Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we’re proud to be named in Australia’s “Top 5” Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.
Where the team fits in
The Data Engineer role sits in the Data Products & Engineering (DP&E) squad in the Data Services Tribe within the Technology and Data Group.
The Data Services Tribe supports and develops data flows, data storage, property listings and audience datasets which underpin REA’s revenue and product growth.
We are the engine room of REA. Our mission is to:
- Improve the quality, access and usage of our data for consumers, and customers.
- Build reusable data products and patterns that unlock value stored in our data
- Create unique insights based on user, listings and customer data
- Invest in the reliability, quality and security of systems and data
This position plays a pivotal role in helping REA to become the market leader in property data and supporting REA’s OKR’s to be the #1 source of property Insights for Consumers, Customers and the Media.
DP&E ensures REA’s core data is consistent, reliable, accessible, secure and will enable the retirement of legacy data warehouses, data lakes and bespoke data engineering systems.
What The Role Is All About
As a Data Engineer you will support the DP&E Squad in the following ways:
- Designing, coding, testing, and deploying data pipelines for core datasets relied on by REA teams.
- Maintaining detailed documentation of datasets to be created and maintained.
- Ensure data and reporting integrity adheres to REA data standards and best practices.
- Identify, track, and remediate data quality issues as well as perform exception handling across a broad variety of datasets.
- Following agile development practices such as test-driven development, continuous delivery and pair programming.
- Working with product managers, business stakeholders, delivery leads and data managers to understand requirements, communicate technical options, report on progress and contribute ideas.
Who We’re Looking For
Our ideal candidate will have skills in the following areas:
- Strong SQL skills, preferably with experience in data management, warehousing, ELT, data quality and data modelling
- Good knowledge of database concepts, schemas and table design
- Working with Microsoft SQL Server & Google BigQuery
- Building modern Data Lakes and Data Marts
- Ability to work on complex data pipelines
- Good to have hands on experience with technologies such as Airflow, Apache Kafka, AWS Flink and Kinesis
- Working across Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Able to communicate and collaborate effectively with business stakeholders
- Ability to manage the competing demands of multiple projects in a timely manner – #gsd
- Ability to work productively and autonomously in a fast-paced environment
Additional skills and experience that would be nice to have:
- Experience working with event driven data
- Experience working on large scale data initiatives
- Exposure to DevOps tools and techniques, particularly AWS, GCP, and Docker
- Exposure to test based development
- Exposure on using Data Build Tool (Dbt) or any equivalent technology
- Exposure to modern software development techniques such as test-driven development and continuous delivery
The REA Experience
The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we’ll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow. We’re committed to your development – both professionally and personally. Your experience with us is something we take seriously.
We offer:
- A hybrid and flexible approach to working - https://rea.to/hybrid-working
- Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers
- Programs to support mental, emotional, financial and physical health & wellbeing
- Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity.
- Hack Days so you can bring your big ideas to life
- Performance recognition programs because hard work should never go unnoticed
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking - be it cultural and ethnic backgrounds, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other identity or lived experience. We know diverse teams are critical to maintaining our success and driving new business opportunities. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.
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