Senior Data Platform Engineer

Job ID:

3151

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Expertise:

Information Technology

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Location:

Dunedin, Christchurch

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Employment Type:

Permanent

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Apply Before:

13/02/2026, 23:55PM

Te Tūranga \| About the Role

The Senior Data Platform Engineer is a key technical leadership role within the Data Team, part of Silver Fern Farms’ wider Transformation \& Technology Group.

Silver Fern Farms is delivering a major digital transformation, part of which has seen us deliver a new cloud-based Modern Data Platform to replace legacy on-premise solutions.

In this role, you will leverage this platform, and combine hands-on data engineering with technical leadership and people development. You’ll design, build, and maintain scalable data solutions using Databricks and the Microsoft ecosystem, while actively upskilling and mentoring junior engineers; a critical capability of this position.

There are four key capabilities of this role:

Data Platform \& Engineering

Coaching \& Capability Building

Problem Solving \& Decision Making

Stakeholder Engagement \& Support

This position can be based from either our Dunedin, Auckland, or Christchurch Hubs – our team is split across Christchurch and Dunedin currently.

Ōu Pūkenga \| About You

You are a senior, hands-on data engineer who enjoys both building platforms and developing people.

You bring:

Proven experience in a senior BI, data, or software engineering role

Strong hands-on experience with Databricks and Microsoft Azure, or any other major cloud platform (Snowflake, AWS, GCP or Fabric)

Experience with CI/CD via Azure DevOps or GitHub, and IaC via Bicep or Terraform is desirable

Advanced data modelling capability (relational, dimensional, analytical)

Strong programming skills (e.g. Python, SQL, Spark)

Experience supporting enterprise-scale data platforms and services

Most importantly, you are passionate about coaching, mentoring, and growing others, can explain complex technical concepts clearly and practically.

You’ll thrive in complexity, ambiguity, and transformation environments and bring a growth mindset and continuous improvement focus

Te Ahurea \| Why Work at Silver Fern Farms

Silver Fern Farms are all about Creating Goodness from the Farms the World Needs. Creating goodness is about taking a broader view of what goodness means, how we can create it and the impact it can have. That Goodness is created through the work of our People, the skill \& expertise of our Farmers and our customers around the globe. ‘Goodness’ is also about being good to people and communities, animal welfare, and showing care and respect for the environment.

For you, we offer discounted staff meat sales, paid sick leave from the date of employment (no waiting for the 6-month anniversary required), subsidised health insurance, and confidential employee assistance with career planning, financial advice and counselling.

Tono Mai \| To Apply

If you’re a senior data engineer who loves Databricks, modern data platforms, and building capability in others, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now by clicking the Apply link and submit an application through our website. Applications close 13 February.