Over the past 30 years, we’ve grown from humble beginnings with a single computer to a global technology company (ASX-300 listed company, JIN). Partnering with over 15,000 good causes worldwide and helping raise more than $260 million last financial year. 

We develop cutting-edge solutions empowering our lottery and not-for-profit partners to raise funds for their vital causes. We believe in fostering an environment where talented people can innovate, grow, and have fun.

What will you be doing?

You will step into a newly-created, strategic leadership role overseeing the evolution of our data platform. You will provide both technical and people leadership, driving transformation and efficiency for internal and SaaS client data solutions. You will lead a talented team of data engineers to design scalable, secure, and efficient data architectures and pipelines that support marketing performance, analytics, and strategic initiatives, and play a pivotal role in modernising, consolidating, and commercialising our data infrastructure.

In this role, you will lead a team of two data engineers and report to the GM of Saas & Managed Services, collaborating regularly with senior executives, analysts, product, engineering, and SaaS clients. Your leadership will ensure best practices in data governance, quality, and security are upheld while fostering innovation and continuous improvement within your team. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of data at a dynamic, growth-focused technology company serving both internal and external clients.

What Your Day-to-Day Will Look Like

• Lead and mentor a team of data engineers to deliver high-quality data solutions.

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure data architectures and automated pipelines for data ingestion, transformation, and delivery, including migration from legacy platforms (e.g., Jasper, Pentaho) to modern cloud-based stacks.

• Develop and optimise data models and ensure reliable deployment through continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes.

• Collaborate closely with analytics, product, marketing, and engineering teams to understand data requirements and deliver effective solutions.

• Implement and enforce data quality, governance, and security standards to maintain accuracy and compliance.

• Monitor data platform performance, proactively identify issues, and implement solutions to ensure high availability and reliability.

• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, advocating for best practices and innovation within the team.

• Maintain comprehensive documentation of data processes, architectures, and workflows.

• Support ad hoc reporting and data requests to assist various business functions.

• Balance transformation projects, ongoing support, and hands-on engineering as needed, managing priorities across multiple concurrent projects and streams.

• Oversee the development and optimisation of data solutions for both internal business needs and SaaS clients, ensuring business continuity and cost efficiency.

What You’ll Be Able to Bring to the Role

• Proven experience in data engineering, including a leadership role, ideally with SaaS/client-facing project delivery

• Expertise in designing, building, and maintaining scalable data architectures and automated pipelines in cloud environments, including migration from legacy systems

• Experience leading transformation projects and delivering end-to-end migration or commercialisation initiatives for enterprise and SME clients

• Proficiency in Bash, SQL, Python, Spark, and dbt; familiarity with Snowflake, Databricks, and CI/CD pipelines

• Strong understanding of data governance, quality, and security best practices

• Proven ability to mentor and lead technical teams, fostering innovation and continuous improvement

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Proactive problem-solving skills with a focus on performance, reliability, and automation

• Familiarity with Snowflake, Databricks, and CI/CD pipelines is highly desirable

• Experience or interest in the betting, gaming, or lottery industries is a plus

• Strong collaboration skills to work effectively across analytics, product, marketing, and engineering teams

• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with emerging data engineering trends and technologies

Salary Banding: $170,000 - $200,000 AUD + Super

Our Ways of Working

At Jumbo, we value balance and flexibility. Based in Brisbane and working out of our Head Office, our hybrid working model combines in-office collaboration (three days per week) with WFH work (two days per week). We also offer flexible working hours, with core collaboration times from 10 AM to 2 PM, allowing you to design a schedule that suits your life.

Why Join Jumbo?

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At Jumbo, our team thrives because we invest in our people. Here’s what you can expect from us;

• A short-term incentive program that rewards your contributions, dependent on company performance.

• Access to our Employee Assistance Program, providing counselling and coaching.

• Award-winning talent management programs for career growth and skill-building.

• On-site chefs (Brisbane) offering fresh, gourmet lunches daily and breakfast twice a week.

• The freedom to work from almost anywhere in the world for up to 120 days a year.

• A social culture, with activities like lunchtime chess, corporate games, soccer, Friday socials, and events celebrating diversity and inclusion.

• Generous parental leave: 14 weeks of paid leave for primary carers and 4 weeks for partners.

Candidates who are offered a position will be required to complete pre-employment checks through our partner, Checkmate.

We are a 2025 Circle Back Initiative Gold Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.