Senior Data Engineer

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus

Data Science
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted on Oct 23, 2024

Healthcare is usually slow and boring. We believe in its potential to be exciting and entertaining. But changing the healthcare experience is hard – and we’re gonna need all the help we can get…!

About Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus (or 'Euc' for short) is an Australian founded digital healthcare company that is on a mission to solve the world’s biggest healthcare challenges - think fertility, and behavioural change around chronic conditions such as weight loss, diabetes, and mental health.

Founded in Australia in 2019, we have now helped over 500K patients globally by combining technology, design and operational excellence to help patients access the best clinical support when they need it - wherever they are.

Our 5 clinics (Juniper, Pilot, Kin, Software, & Compound) focus heavily on personalising the experience for different demographics and are powered by a growing team across 5 countries (Australia, UK, Germany, Japan, and the Philippines).

We’ve raised over AUD$160M in funding from Aussie and Silicon Valley investors who were early backers of Uber, Canva and AirBnb. With plans to launch into several more markets, offline channels, and tackle new conditions.

We’re looking to continue building our team of executional weapons who are passionate about healthcare, aren’t afraid to work hard, and invest in others through direct and honest feedback. This approach enables us to make the most impactful changes to improve the health of millions of patients globally.

About the role (What you’ll be doing)

As a Senior Data Engineer at Eucalyptus, you’ll be at the center of transforming raw data into actionable insights that drive the business forward. Partnering closely with Analytics, Finance, Engineering, and Product teams, you’ll design and build scalable, high-performance data pipelines that meet the evolving needs of each function. Your work will empower teams with the right data at the right time, helping unlock new opportunities and optimize outcomes.

  • Be the owner of Eucalyptus’ data infrastructure: Lead the development and optimisation of data architecture to ensure seamless access to insights at scale.
  • Optimize for performance and reliability: Oversee database capacity planning, warehouse performance tuning, and infrastructure evolution to keep systems running at their best.
  • Embrace new challenges and skillsets: Take on the data requirements of the businesses emerging technology needs —such as machine learning and generative AI.
  • Mentor across the business: Share your expertise with colleagues, mentoring and educating others on data engineering best practices to build a data-driven culture across the company.

About you (Who you are)

We are looking for someone who is passionate about building elegant solutions to complex challenges. We want someone who will push the envelope, always striving toward building toward the best in class data platform to support the next challenge we will face as a business.

  • 5+ years of experience in a data engineering role.
  • Excellent communication skills: Able to navigate cross-functional collaboration and align stakeholders through clear, concise communication.
  • Expertise in SQL and Python, bonus points for experience in Golang and Terraform.
  • End-to-end analytics instrumentation Comfortable working across both backend and frontend to ensure analytics events are accurately tracked.
  • Data transformation and orchestration: Skilled with DBT and Cloud Composer (or similar tools) to manage complex data workflows.
  • Unstructured and multi-modal data: Experience working with tools like Bigtable, Cloud Storage, and Data Catalog would be nice to have.
  • Streaming technologies knowledge: Familiar with tools such as Apache Kafka, Google Cloud Dataflow, or Pub/Sub, would be nice to have.
  • AI deployment experience or interest: Preferably on Google Cloud (GCP) using services like Vertex AI, Cloud Run, and Kubernetes Engine.

Why you should join Euc

  • Our teams are incredibly passionate - Our talent bar is high and our work ethic is strong. You’ll get to stretch yourself everyday and work amongst people who care deeply about our patients. You’ll be given autonomy to tackle interesting problems and receive regular feedback from a supportive team
  • We move at incredible speed - You’ll work with team mates who build in the open by sharing their work freely, this helps us learn and iterate quickly so we can deliver high quality outcomes faster than our competitors. You’ll **spend a lot of time outside of your comfort zone learning and iterating frequently, we wouldn’t have it any other way
  • We will invest in your career - You’ll get access to an annual professional development budget, mentors and buddies to ensure that you have the support you need to level up. You can expect regular performance and pay reviews as your career grows. We're championing the next generation of talent – Euc has been recognised in Hatch's Hotlist as a Australia's top employer, as rated by Gen Z's.
  • We are all owners - You’ll be given equity to ensure that you are able to benefit in the upside of your contribution in helping Euc grow. Your ideas will be valued regardless of your role, you will have ownership over the projects you work on which will feel both terrifying but extremely fulfilling
  • We play as hard as we work - You’ll experience our frequently catered wellness themed talks, exercise classes, whoops to track your wellbeing, free barista coffees, funded social clubs and quarterly rooftop parties…we know how to let our hair down!
  • We’ll have your back when you need us the most - You’ll be able to lean on a range of leave offerings to support you when needed, this includes: personal health and professional development leave, a generous parental leave that offers 20 weeks paid leave for a primary carer, additional miscarriage leave (see more on Kin Fertility’s #WeNeedMoreLeave campaign), as well as our Employee Assistance Programme

At Eucalyptus, we value individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we embrace the unique qualities each person brings. When you apply, please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.