Build the Data Platform at One of Australia’s Fastest-Growing Unicorns
Tired of
just
writing SQL for dashboards? Want to build real data infrastructure - CDC pipelines, Kafka streams, and ML features - including a next-gen internal chatbot called
Alfred
?
As part of
Scalapay’s
four-person Data team, you'll work on the systems processing billions in payments for one of Australia’s impressive tech unicorns.
You’ll also avoid the CBD grind - working 2-3 days a week from their
Wollongong Tech Hub
, with
free on-site parking
!
🚀 Why You Should Care
Full modern stack:
Kafka, Snowflake, dbt, CDC, Terraform - work across it all instead of being stuck in one corner.
Real impact:
Build fraud detection pipelines protecting millions in real transactions - measurable, high-stakes engineering.
Small team, big reach:
Four engineers (inc you) powering one of Australia’s leading fintechs, with serious scope and ownership.
Engineering done right:
Learn from exceptional engineers across both data and software engineering.
Business visibility:
Work directly with executives (including the CEO) and product to understand how data drives key decisions.
AI innovation:
Shape
Alfred
, the internal AI chatbot that replaces traditional dashboards with natural language data queries.
🧠 What You’ll Do
You’ll contribute directly to Scalapay’s core data infrastructure:
Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines using
dbt
,
Kafka
, and
CDC
mechanisms.
Design and optimise
Snowflake
dimensional models for performance and scalability.
Write
Python
utilities and transformations for production systems.
Support new
ML features
and
fraud detection models
.
Implement
infrastructure as code
using
Terraform
.
Help evolve
Alfred
, the AI-powered chatbot enabling data democratisation.
🔎 You Might Be Who We’re Looking For If…
You have
3-5 years
of experience building production data pipelines.
You write
efficient SQL
and understand dimensional modeling.
You’ve worked with
modern data warehouses
and tools like dbt.
You understand
streaming concepts
and event-driven architectures.
Ideally, you come from a
software engineering background
or build data products with Python.
You want to create
company-wide value
, not just move numbers between systems.
Experience with DBT is a must. Snowflake, Kafka, and AWS are bonuses, but curiosity and the desire to think like an engineer, not an analyst are most important.
🌎 Who You’ll Be Joining
Scalapay
is an
Australian tech unicorn
operating in the
Buy Now, Pay Later
space. Based in
Wollongong
and
Milan
, they’ve grown from $0 to a few billion dollars in just 6 years, and are now
profitable
.
At only
200 people globally
, they run lean - hiring exceptional engineers who want to make a visible impact.
You’ll also receive
ESOP
in a profitable Australian unicorn with liquidity potential on the horizon.
This is a super flexible hybrid model of 2-3 days a week in the Wollongong office - you must be able to commute to Wollongong at least twice weekly.
💬 Ready to Build Data Systems That Matter?
If you want to work on data infrastructure that actually runs a multi billion dollar business…
📩
Get in touch:
luca@scouut.com.au or hit
Apply
to start a confidential chat.