Principal Data Engineer

Job Reference: 19307 

Work type: Full Time (Permanent)  

Job location: Sydney

Why You Will Be Excited About This Role

At Healius, we share one purpose: making a difference to the health of Australians. Right now, it’s an exciting time to join us as we transform into a stronger, more agile and digitally enabled healthcare organisation — focused on creating exceptional patient experiences, driving smarter ways of working, and fostering an environment where our people can thrive.

As part of this transformation, we’re reimagining healthcare through digital innovation, data intelligence and customer-centric design. The diagnostics industry is evolving rapidly, and we’re investing in advanced clinical systems, AI-driven insights and cloud-based platforms to improve the diagnostics journey for patients, doctors and specialists.

This role offers the opportunity to lead enterprise-wide data initiatives that will shape the future of healthcare delivery. You’ll join a collaborative, forward-thinking team, working with emerging technologies to drive meaningful change in a flexible, purpose-driven environment.

About Us

Healius has an expansive network of over 100 medical laboratories and 2000 patient collection centres operating across metropolitan, regional and remote Australia. We provide 1 in every 3 pathology services in Australia, extending from exclusively servicing some of Australia’s largest and most complex private and public hospitals, to small Indigenous Australian communities. This means that you will be working in a business large enough to offer you job stability & security, interstate mobility and the opportunity to fulfil your career ambitions.

About The Role

As our Principal Data Engineer, you’ll be the most senior technical expert in the team, responsible for designing and delivering resilient, scalable data solutions that enable reliable insights across the organisation. This is a hands-on role combined with architectural leadership, where you’ll work closely with business stakeholders to solve complex problems and deliver tangible business value.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide hands-on technical leadership, including architectural and design guidance, code reviews and mentoring.
• Design, develop and maintain data pipelines and ELT/ETL workflows at scale.
• Collaborate with data analysts and business stakeholders to deliver insights and analytics solutions.
• Manage and optimise data platforms and architectures to ensure reliability, performance and scalability.
• Implement robust data management and governance practices, including security and risk controls.
• Drive continuous improvement by enhancing data engineering practices and promoting adoption of modern tools and frameworks.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will be a seasoned data engineering professional with a strategic mindset and strong stakeholder engagement skills. You can confidently interact with senior leaders and technical teams, and you thrive on solving complex problems with practical, scalable solutions.

You’ll bring:

• 10+ years’ experience in data engineering, including senior-level leadership.
• Expert skills in SQL, Python, JSON and YAML.
• Proven experience building scalable data solutions for enterprise environments, including data warehousing, streaming and AI/ML use cases.
• Strong understanding of dimensional data modelling and data governance principles.
• Hands-on experience with technologies such as Snowflake, Informatica, Postgres, Kubernetes, Azure data services, Neo4j and SAP.
• Ability to balance technical depth with business acumen, engaging effectively with stakeholders from GM level to technical leads.

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Benefits, Perks and Wellbeing

As part of working for Healius, you will have access to a range of benefits & perks including:

• Benefits platform - Reduce the impact of the cost of living with everyday savings with 500+ of Australia's most-loved brands, (from the weekly grocery shop to premium perks like holidays).
• Fitness Passport – Access top fitness centres & pools across Australia at a subsidised rate.
• Corporate health insurance discounts, banking benefits and novated leasing salary packaging.
• Career growth and development opportunities with access to a comprehensive library of online courses and learning paths via our e-learning platform.
• Confidential health and well-being support through our Employee Assistance Program, available to all employees and their family members.

Our Commitment to Diversity And Inclusion

Healius is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We seek to recruit from diverse applicants and create teams with skills, perspectives and experiences that complement each other at work. We welcome suitably qualified applicants regardless of age, ethnicity, socio-cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Healius is a part of the Commonwealth Government's Veteran Employment Committment (VEC) and has been recognised as a Veteran Employment Supporter. Veterans and candidates with Australian Defence Force (ADF) experience are encouraged to apply.

How To Apply

Please click the ‘Apply Now’ button to complete the pre-screening questions and submit your application.

If you would like further details please email careers@healius.com.au.
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