Data Engineer - Big Data & BI

About BYD

BYD is a high-tech company devoted to technological innovations for a better life. BYD is dedicated to providing zero-emission energy solutions.

As a leading battery-electric zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) manufacturer, BYD has created a broad range of battery-electric, hybrid-electric, and internal combustion (IC) passenger vehicles. Developing electric vehicles that are intelligent and connected, BYD is inaugurating a new age of automotive innovation featuring a sleek design and an innovative user experience.

About the Role

Based at BYD’s Mulgrave office, this role will be part of our Headquarters Digital Solution Centre and work closely with the local IT team. This is a fixed-term contract position with the potential to transition to a permanent role.

The position will be responsible for the development and optimisation of BYD’s big data platforms, data warehouse and BI solutions. This includes designing and implementing ETL processes, developing data models and data warehouse architectures, and delivering business reports, dashboards and data visualisations using FineReport and FineBI.

The role will work closely with business and IT teams to support data analysis, identify business insights, and deliver reliable and scalable data solutions that support business decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise big data platforms, including designing and implementing ETL processes for data extraction, cleansing, transformation and loading.
• Design and develop data warehouse models and architectures to support business reporting and analysis.
• Develop and deliver complex reports, dashboards and data visualisations using FineReport and FineBI.
• Participate in big data application development and perform data analysis and mining based on business requirements.
• Optimise data storage and processing performance to improve system efficiency, stability and scalability.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline. Equivalent relevant industry experience will also be considered.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in big data development, data engineering or BI, with experience working on end-to-end data projects.
• Strong knowledge of big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Hive or HBase, with experience in large-scale data processing.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases such as Oracle, MySQL or SQL Server, including SQL performance tuning.
• Good understanding of data warehousing, data modelling, ETL development and OLAP analysis.
• Hands‑on experience with FineReport and/or FineBI, with experience delivering reporting or BI projects from requirements through to implementation.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to understand business requirements, communicate with stakeholders and produce clear technical documentation.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to work effectively with local and overseas IT teams.
• Experience with front‑end technologies such as HTML, JavaScript or ECharts, or other self‑service BI tools, is an advantage.
• Experience in data warehouse development, user profiling or AI‑related data applications is an advantage.

BYD Australia is under rapid expansion with plenty more opportunities to arise. If you are ready to make the most of everything you’ve learned so far, be challenged, work together with industry leaders, and be a part of a supportive and vibrant team, then BYD is ready for you.