Senior Data Engineer — Platform & Architecture

Do you want to shape the future of data platforms in an organisation where technology drives real-world impact?

Trilogy Care is one of Australia’s fastest-growing approved Support at Home (HCP/S@H) providers, transforming aged care through technology, innovation, and exceptional people. We’re building a modern, AI-enabled organisation where data is at the centre of every decision, helping older Australians live independently at home for longer.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer – Platform & Architecture to shape the future of Trilogy Care’s Databricks lakehouse platform – the foundation connecting our operational, financial, CRM, communications and workforce systems.

You’ll drive key architecture decisions across scalability, governance, performance and cost optimisation, while setting engineering standards and mentoring the team. As a technical leader, you’ll help answer “How should we build this?” and ensure our data platform is secure, reliable and ready to power AI, automation and smarter business decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Architecture

• Design, evolve and maintain Trilogy Care’s Databricks lakehouse architecture.
• Define medallion layer structures, table formats, partitioning, clustering strategies and data lifecycle policies.
• Document and communicate architecture decisions to ensure alignment across teams.

Unity Catalog & Data Governance

• Design and maintain catalog and schema structures across production environments.
• Manage data access controls, classification and governance standards.
• Establish schema evolution practices and improve data discoverability.

Compute Strategy & Cost Optimisation

• Define Databricks compute strategies, cluster policies and workload optimisation approaches.
• Monitor and optimise platform spend across compute, storage and ingestion.
• Implement guardrails that balance cost efficiency with engineering velocity.

Engineering Standards & Technical Leadership

• Establish best practices across code quality, testing, CI/CD, documentation and development workflows.
• Review architecture decisions and provide technical guidance on complex data challenges.
• Mentor Data Engineers and help elevate platform capability across the team.

What You’ll Bring

• 7+ years’ experience in Data Engineering, with significant experience designing and building modern data platforms.
• Deep expertise in Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog and lakehouse architecture patterns.
• Strong understanding of data modelling, governance, scalability and platform reliability.
• Experience with Python, SQL and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent).
• Proven ability to optimise data platforms for performance, reliability and cost.
• Experience mentoring engineers and establishing engineering standards.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly.

Why Trilogy Care?

• Competitive salary.
• Modern King Street, Bowen Hills office with excellent facilities, close to public transport, cafés, restaurants and supermarkets.
• Vibrant team culture with regular social events.
• Opportunities for career mapping and progression within the company.
• Salary packaging (Novated Leasing) to boost your take-home pay.
• Access to Fitness Passport to support your health and wellbeing.
• EAP support for you and your immediate family.

Please note

To join our team, you’ll need to have full Australian work rights. As part of our standard recruitment process, we’ll also conduct a working rights check, police check and request professional references during onboarding.

We appreciate the interest of recruitment agencies but kindly ask that resumes not be submitted unless a prior agreement is in place. Trilogy Care will not accept responsibility for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.