When you join ASX, you’re joining a company with a strong purpose – to power a stronger economic future by enabling a fair and dynamic marketplace for all.
In your new role, you’ll be part of a leading global securities exchange with a strong brand. We are known for being a trusted market operator and an exciting data hub.
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www.asx.com.au/about/careers/a-great-place-to-work
We are more than a securities exchange!The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines.
We run critical market infrastructure, with 1 in 3 people employed within technology. Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations, program delivery, financial products, investor engagement, risk and compliance.
We’re proud to foster a workplace where diversity is celebrated and inclusion is part of our everyday culture. Our employee-led networks champion LGBTIQ+ inclusion, promote gender equality, accessibility and wellbeing, inspire giving and volunteering, and celebrate cultural and religious events, creating a sense of belonging for all. As an AWEI Bronze employer and member of the Champions of Change Coalition for gender equality, we’re committed to a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
This is an exciting opportunity for a strong Senior Data Engineer to work on a project that will integrate with all major systems in the ASX. You’ll join a high‑performing Data & Reporting team working on a major program that integrates with multiple core ASX systems. This role provides the opportunity to design and deliver high‑quality engineering solutions with real impact on mission‑critical enterprise platforms.
You’ll be hands-on in shaping the next‑generation data platform, applying modern engineering practices, automation, and cloud‑native tooling. This is a highly collaborative role where you’ll contribute directly to the uplift of data engineering capabilities and work with some of the most contemporary technologies in the industry.
At ASX you will:
Live the ASX Values.
Adhere to ASX processes, methodologies, standards and policies in relation to delivery from a governance perspective.
What you’ll do in this role:
Build, and maintain high‑quality, scalable data pipelines that align with enterprise engineering standards.
Ensure data solution designs adhere to CI/CD, governance, quality, and security best practices.
Work with engineers across the program to uplift automation and modernise data engineering capabilities, including CI/CD, pipeline templating, and infrastructure‑as‑code.
Support accelerated delivery by implementing automation, standardised configuration management, and streamlined pipeline execution across environments.
Become a subject matter expert in D&R engineering tools, frameworks, and practices, influencing improvements across the SDLC.
Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to uplift data delivery, quality monitoring, and environment readiness.
Work closely with test and release teams to embed automated testing and validation into data pipelines.
Support the development of logging, monitoring, and observability practices across D&R data assets.
Communicate effectively across engineering and business teams to ensure alignment and clarity.
Actively contribute to engineering strategy, process improvement, and technical decision‑making.
Be an engaged member of the Solution Engineering Community of Practice (CoP).
Your skills and experience:
10+ years as a Data Engineer working within high performing teams including product, delivery, data designers, architects and testers.
Proven experience building and operating large‑scale data pipelines and analytics solutions.
Strong Data Engineering background in a cloud‑based environment (preferably AWS).
Expertise in building robust ETL/ELT pipelines, data ingestion frameworks, and enterprise data models.
Hands‑on experience with AWS Data Analytics ecosystem including Glue, Athena, LakeFormation, Redshift, MWAA and DMS
Strong Python skills and experience developing automated data workflows, quality checks, and reporting pipelines.
Solid understanding of conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling techniques.
Experience working with datasets.
Prior experience working in cloud‑native engineering environments, ideally AWS.
Hands-on devops experience using Terraform or CloudFormation
Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
Strong collaboration and communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as part of a high-functioning team, with a continuous improvement mindset
Demonstrated strong communication, facilitation and analysis skills, with the ability to view and explain technology from a customer perspective
Experience in performing complex data migrations within large scale transformation projects
And if you’ve got some of this, even better:
Experience in the execution of high impact, enterprise-wide, strategic programs or initiatives.
Working knowledge of a fully integrated Exchange environment would be beneficial, particularly equities markets.
What you need to enjoy and be good at for this role:
Results orientated – understands what is needed to deliver in a tightly regulated but changing project-based environment
Naturally inquisitive – asks questions to ensure understanding
Great communicator – able to get the message across in the best way
Analytical thinker – can evaluate information and seek a solution
Team player – support other team members to achieve desired goals, working cross-functionally if required
Collaboration – can work with multiple stakeholders to deliver a common goal
Enjoy – working in a fast-paced, challenging and often changing environment
View – ability to look at the big picture and at the same time, ensure attention to detail and quality
We make hiring decisions based on your skills, capabilities and experience, and how you’ll help us to live our values. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the criteria of this role.
If you need any adjustments during the application or interview process to help you present your best self, please let us know at [email protected].
At ASX Group, our diverse workforce is essential to build and maintain a fair and dynamic marketplace. We support flexible working and offer hybrid working options. Even if our roles are advertised as full-time, we encourage you to apply if you are interested in part-time or other flexible working arrangements.
We will arrange for successful candidates to have background checks, including reference and police checks, completed as part of the on-boarding process.
To be considered for this position, candidates must be legally authorised to work in Australia on a permanent basis without any restrictions.
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What We Do
ASX is one of the world’s top ten exchanges. As a full-service exchange, we offer trading, clearing, settlement, market insights, connectivity, and depository services across all major asset classes including equities, derivatives, ETFs, options, and managed funds.
With a total market capitalisation of around $1.5 trillion, ASX is home to some of the world’s leading resource, finance, and technology companies. Our $47 trillion interest rate derivatives market is the largest in Asia and among the biggest in the world.
ASX’s network and data centre (The Australian Liquidity Centre) provides a world class financial infrastructure and access to Australia’s largest pools of liquidity.
