Senior Data Platform Developer

At Seequent, we help organisations to understand the underground, giving the confidence to make better decisions faster.

We build world-leading technology that is at the forefront of Earth sciences, transforming the way our customers work. Every day we help them develop critical mineral resources more sustainably, design and build better infrastructure, source renewable energy, and reduce their impact on the environment.

We operate in 145+ countries while proudly maintaining headquarters in New Zealand.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to design, build and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance data platforms that enable advanced analytics, data science, business intelligence, and AI workflows for geoscience data. You’ll play a key role in shaping the technical direction, tooling, and driving best practices in data engineering and platform architecture from the ground up.

• Design, build, and maintain cloud‑based data platforms.
• Create and manage scalable data pipelines and infrastructure for ingesting, validating, storing, transforming, and processing data from various internal and external sources, using batch and real‑time methods.
• Move data from various sources into data warehouses or data lakes.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and observability tools to automate deployments and testing.
• Consume, design, develop, publish, and support internal and external web APIs to provide interface to geoscience data.
• Develop and optimize data models to support analytical workloads.
• Provide reliable, well‑structured datasets and semantic layers for BI tools, dashboards, advanced analytics, and AI/ML use cases.
• Ensure continuous monitoring of data platform health, performance, and availability. Provide operational tier 2/3 support, in conjunction with the Cloud Ops team, for data platform issues.
• Implement and enforce data quality standards and security best practices.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship, help establish best practices and coding standards.
• Work with stakeholders to align data engineering initiatives with business strategy.

• Bachelor’s (or Master’s) degree in computer science, data engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in data platform, data engineering, or data architecture roles.
• Experience with enterprise‑scale data platforms for managing structured, semi‑structured and unstructured data.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining Data Lakes and/or Data Warehouses in production environments.
• Experience with relational and no‑SQL data storage mechanisms.
• Strong proficiency in SQL, Python, JSON and distributed data processing frameworks (i.e. Spark).
• Experience with cloud platforms and data services (i.e. Databricks, Snowflake).
• Knowledge of data modelling, ETL/ELT processes, and data warehousing concepts.
• Familiarity with containerization (i.e. Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure‑as‑code.
• Experience with streaming technologies (i.e. Kafka, Event Hub) and API integrations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Office-based working environment, work from our Toronto office two or more days per week.

At Seequent, we champion the uniqueness of each individual. Our commitment to inclusiveness, equity, and accessibility is fundamental to who we are. If you require accommodation during our recruitment process, please let our Talent Acquisition team know. We are here to ensure a fair opportunity for all.

Research underscores that some individuals, especially women and underrepresented groups, may hesitate to apply for roles if they don't meet every requirement. Please don't count yourself out if you don’t tick every box. We are committed to hiring a diverse team and encourage individuals of all background and abilities to apply. Thank you for considering us as your potential employer; we're excited to see what you can bring to our team!

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working
• A paid day each year to volunteer
• An employee share purchase plan in most locations
• Rewards & recognition program
• Continuous learning and career growth opportunities
• Internal engagement events
• Culture & wellbeing program
• Personal support resources
• Additional benefits unique to each location where Seequent resides