Lead Data Integration Engineer

Contract Type:

Full Time

Location:

Canberra - Australian Capital Territory

Industry:

IT & Telecomms

Contact Name:

Newman Ponniah

Contact Phone:

0432 209 242

Date Published:

10-Dec-2025

Job Overview   
  • Designing, developing, and maintaining RESTful APIs to enable secure, scalable data access.
  • Integration with external APIs to ingest third-party data into enterprise systems.
  • Managing API gateways, authentication, and access controls for secure data exchange.
  • Ensuring APIs follow best practices for scalability, security, and performance.
  • Collaborating with software engineering teams to embed APIs into applications and workflows.
  • Leading technical design discussions and proposing scalable architecture solutions.
  • Establishing and enforcing best practices in data engineering, including coding standards, testing, and CI/CD for data pipelines.
  • Partnering with product managers, architects, and stakeholders to align data engineering solutions with business goals.
 
Job Requirement    
  • Hands-on experience with big data frameworks (e.g. PySpark, Spark, Hadoop).
  • Proven experience building and managing APIs (REST), including authentication (OAuth2, JWT) and API gateway management.
  • Prior exposure to data security and compliance frameworks.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and SQL for data processing.
  • Knowledge of DevOps practices for CI/CD in data pipelines.
  • Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
 
Job Location
Canberra / Sydney / Melbourne / Brisbane
 
If you are interested in the above job opportunity, please apply through the links provided or please feel free to contact Newman for more details.
 
newman.ponniah@calleo.com.au
0404 331 242
 
Due to the nature of this role, this job is open to Australian Citizens only. Candidates who currently hold or able to obtain Federal Government Security Clearances are highly desirable.
 
Calleo is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage applications from all people including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
 
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