Data Engineer City Melbourne Employment Type… at Liberty… · Location…

About Liberty

Helping people is at the core of who we are. As Australia’s top non-bank lender, we’ve spent decades providing free-thinking and innovative loans and have assisted over 500,000 individuals in achieving financial stability. Our range of flexible, tailored products and our dedication to creating outstanding customer experiences are at the heart of what we do.

We are a collaborative and vibrant community, driven by our core values. Our vision of leading the finance sector with innovative thinking is guided by FLAIR, our five key principles of being Fair, Learning, Accountable, Invested, and Resourceful. These values shape our perspective, interactions with customers, and relationships with one another.

The Opportunity

The Opportunity

You’ll work with a modern Microsoft Fabric and Azure stack, using Python, Terraform, and AI-assisted development to deliver curated data layers that power BI dashboards and intelligent services.

This role is ideal for someone who blends deep technical skills with curiosity, rapid learning, and a drive to create business impact. You’ll be part of a team that values ownership, experimentation, and continuous improvement—and you’ll help shape the future of Liberty’s AI-first data platform.

This role requires a minimum of three days in the office to support collaboration and learning.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Designing and building production-grade data pipelines using Medallion architecture (Bronze → Silver → Gold).
• Developing and deploying Python services on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to support AI and operational workloads.
• Creating curated data layers that serve both Power BI dashboards and AI pipelines (e.g. speech-to-text, NLP).
• Managing infrastructure using Terraform and Liberty’s CI/CD templates for reproducible, scalable deployments.
• Collaborating with Risk, Data Science, and Technology teams to deliver high-impact data products.
• Ensuring data quality through validation, anomaly detection, and automated testing, Support metadata management, data lineage, and discoverability.
• Supporting semantic modeling and discoverability for BI and AI consumption.
• Implement monitoring and observability for data pipelines.
• Translating business goals into technical solutions that drive decisions and outcomes.

Enough about us, lets talk about you

• You’re a curious, adaptable engineer who learns fast and enjoys working across domains—data, infrastructure, AI, and BI.
• You’re comfortable with Python, SQL, and cloud-native data platforms (Azure preferred).
• You understand the importance of data quality, reproducibility, and semantic modeling.
• You’re excited by AI workloads and want to build pipelines that power intelligent services.
• You value clean code, strong engineering practices, and collaborative delivery.
• You’re looking for a team that supports growth, experimentation, and meaningful impact.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, AKS, Power BI, and AI pipelines is a bonus—but not essential.

Why join Liberty Financial Group?

At Liberty, we take pride in fostering a workplace where everyone can bring their true authentic selves. Our free-thinking, diverse and inclusive culture is something we celebrate daily. We are deeply committed to gender equality, disability support, LGBTQIA+ inclusion, mental health awareness, and religious and cultural diversity. As we help people achieve financial stability, we also honor the contributions of Indigenous Australians, Torres Strait Islanders, and other cultural minority communities.

Our dedication to diversity and inclusion extends throughout our workforce and community initiatives. We’re proud to be recognized by Work180 and certified as a B Corporation.

Being named Employer of the Year at the Women in Finance Awards in 2021 and 2023 and Employer of Choice Winner for 2023 at the Australian Business Awards, reflects our ongoing commitment to making Liberty the best place to work. We believe that beyond competitive financial rewards, it's the thoughtful, small touches that truly make a difference in supporting our team's needs and well-being.- we provide access to a large number of great benefits such as:

• Wellness perks including, gym subsidies, free counselling, flu vaccinations, health-checks, massages and private health
• We are social with monthly themed lunches and events, EOY and EOFY parties, and corporate casual dress
• Community groups such as our Internal Pride Network (LGBTQIA+), Women in Leadership, Green Stars (environmental enthusiasts!) and more
• An opportunity to give back to the community with our Lend-A-Hand initiatives
• Fantastic growth and career progression opportunities with access to online development courses
• There's more?! Yes we have coffee, daily fruit, lunch and constant snacks available anytime!

Liberty is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all people, regardless of race, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.