Data Engineer

Kogan.com is a pioneer of Australian eCommerce, and the software we build is used by millions of customers every day. You'll join a fast-moving engineering team with real ownership, shipping to production daily and using AI as part of how we work.
As a Data Engineer you'll design and run the data and ML pipelines that let teams across Marketing, Purchasing, Logistics and Finance make confident, data-driven decisions.

What you'll do:

  • Scalable Pipeline Development: Design and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines capable of handling 10M+ daily events and large-scale data transfers across our platforms.

  • Data Modeling: Develop and optimize data models in environments like BigQuery or Snowflake to ensure high performance for both analytics and ML training sets with optimal cost

  • Support ML Workflows: Build the underlying features and data inputs required for Machine Learning models

  • Develop and refine ML models for practical business use cases, such as customer sentiment, churn prediction or demand forecasting

  • MLOps Integration: Establish and maintain MLOps pipelines to help automate the deployment and monitoring of models in production.

  • System Integration: Work with internal APIs and third-party tools to ingest data efficiently while maintaining strict data integrity.

  • Governance & Quality: Implement best practices for data quality, security, and documentation to ensure our data remains a "source of truth."

  • Development according to software engineering best practices (Git, CI/CD, trunk based development, tests)

  • AI Collaboration: Contribute to experiments with AI and LLMs to assess how they can be practically applied to solve business problems.

  • What you'll need:

  • Strong SQL Foundations: Solid experience writing and optimizing SQL for commercial-scale products (e.g., handling millions of rows and complex joins efficiently).

  • Pipeline Orchestration: Proven experience using tools like Airflow, dbt, or AWS Glue to manage and monitor production-grade data workflows.

  • Python Proficiency: Strong Python skills for data transformation, scripting and interacting with various data sources.

  • ML Engineering Exposure: Practical experience building the data infrastructure that supports machine learning, including data preprocessing and model deployment pipelines. Experience with machine learning models development

  • Cloud Experience: Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms, with a strong preference for GCP.

  • Software Best Practices: Familiarity with Git, CI/CD, and basic containerization (Docker) to ensure code quality and deployment reliability.

  • Problem-Solving Mindset: A practical approach to engineering that balances the need for speed with long-term system stability.

  • Bonus Points
  • Experience with event streaming (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis) for real-time data needs.

  • Exposure to ML platforms and tools such as SageMaker, Vertex AI, or Databricks.

  • Familiarity with BI and visualization tools like Looker or Tableau.

  • An interest in eCommerce dynamics and customer behavior analytics.

  • Why Kogan.com?

  • Our culture is unlike anywhere else and regardless of where you are in your career journey, we empower you to do your best work and have a big impact. Check us out https://devblog.kogan.com/ & https://goodteams.app/teams/kogan.com.
  • Work with an incredible team to solve important challenges, helping to drive Australia and New Zealand's eCommerce future.
  • Your role has a lot of ownership, autonomy and little red tape. You'll be empowered to achieve positive outcomes and your work will have a real impact.
  • You'll be at the forefront of the eCommerce industry and be part of a company that are the Pioneers of eCommerce in Australia.
  • Be an Intrepreneur, playing a hands on role in shaping our strategy at our HQ.
  • Learning budget of $1000.
  • A range of employee benefits such as; complimentary Kogan First Membership, team exclusive discounts, Health & Wellness program, Learning & Development and Lunch & Learns, Hackathons, Team member referral program, Company and team events and celebrations, community engagement (volunteering) and extensive career development opportunities plus loads more!
  • To find out more about how we work, our tech stack, processes and company culture, visit https://careers.kogan.com and https://devblog.kogan.com

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