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At Guzman y Gomez Mexican Kitchen, our mission has always been to reinvent fast-food. We’re Australia’s only fast-food restaurant to be 100% clean, meaning there are no added preservatives, artificial flavours, added colours or unacceptable additives in our food. We’re incredibly proud of our amazing people, and the unique way we celebrate Mexican culture in everything we do. Job Description The Role GYG's entire data platform runs through Enterprise Systems, powering the sales, operations, and people reporting that leadership relies on every day. The Senior Data Engineer designs and builds that platform end-to-end — from ingestion pipelines through to the governed, AI-ready data products that power Power BI and self-serve analytics across the business. What You'll Do Design and build ingestion pipelines in Microsoft Fabric, migrating our SQL Server data warehouse to a governed medallion architecture (bronze → silver → gold → platinum) Own solution design end-to-end — architecture, source mappings, transformation logic, and data lineage — without needing a detailed technical brief Integrate new data sources from REST APIs, MySQL, and PostgreSQL on AWS, using CDC and batch ingestion patterns Design and own enterprise Power BI semantic models as governed, reusable data products, with DAX at depth Build the data foundations for our insight intelligence layer, including Real-Time Intelligence and future AI/Copilot integration Define and enforce data engineering standards — naming conventions, layer contracts, testing, and documentation — across the platform Implement data quality controls and pipeline reliability standards the platform can scale on Challenge requirements and propose alternatives when the data approach doesn't stack up What You'll Bring Significant (e.g. 6+ years) of hands-on data engineering experience in production environments — pipelines, modelling, and serving layer Proven ability to design and deliver end-to-end data solutions from a business problem statement, without a detailed technical brief Operational experience with Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Dataflows Gen2, Direct Lake, OneLake) or deep equivalent experience on Synapse/Databricks Strong T-SQL and dimensional modelling, with experience migrating a SQL Server warehouse to a cloud lakehouse CDC and batch extraction experience from MySQL/PostgreSQL on AWS RDS into an Azure environment Power BI and DAX at depth — semantic model engineering, not just report building A disposition that owns problems through to production without hand-holding, and pushes back when the data approach is wrong dbt, Great Expectations, or similar data quality/transformation frameworks highly regarded but not essential What You'll Love Real career growth in a Tech function that's investing in its capability Annual short-term incentive scheme GYG restricted shares, earned each year through our long-term incentive scheme Up to 5 weeks of annual leave each year (ask us how) Paid parental leave A vibrant Surry Hills office, a short walk from Central Station (4 days in office, 1 day WFH) Interested? Apply now to start the conversation.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.
