Contract Data Engineer

Posted 27 May 2025
LocationAuckland
Job type Temporary
DisciplineData, BI & Analytics
Reference948924

Job description

ABOUT THE COMPANY:
An early-stage SaaS company set to take their market by storm.  They have impressive backing and are driven to redefine the norms of their industry with their ground breaking product.

Their office is based in Auckland Central and you will need to be avaliable to go to the office a few days a week 
  
ABOUT THE ROLE:
An engineer to maintain and enhance the data ingest pipeline and search infrastructure. This role focuses on scaling ingestion processes, optimising LLM-driven query workflows, and building performant APIs to support real-time and batch data access, as well as client access and config.Key responsibilities:

· Maintaining data ingest pipelines
· Optimising ingest services via improved batching or other methods
· Adding monitoring to pipeline services to improve observability
· Tuning database queries
· Building and expanding Restful APIs

Tools: Golang, Python, Kafka (Redpanda), OpenSearch, Vector Search, postgres, AWS (SQS, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, VPC), NewRelic or similar monitoring tools
  
ABOUT YOU: 
  • Collaborative, with strong communication skills 
  • Enthusiasm to challenge the status quo
  • A problem solver who works best in an agile environment
  WHY IS THIS ROLE FOR YOU? 
  • A chance to work at the forefront of AI in this sector
  • A vibrant and fun workplace culture that encourages creativity and innovation
  • A competitive hourly rate 
 WHAT'S NEXT?
  
Don't miss out on one of the most exciting developer roles in the start-up space at the moment.  Please apply ASAP, or for more info, contact Sarah on 0272150562