Associate Data Platform Engineer

Company Description
Nine is Australia’s largest locally owned media company. Working at Nine, you’ll have access to a unique range of experiences and opportunities, helping drive the success of the country’s most trusted television, radio, digital and publishing brands.

Our content reaches almost every Australian - meaning what we do has real impact. We bring people together, celebrate the big moments, and capture the everyday ones.

Some of our most beloved brands have been part of Australian life for generations, and others - new on the scene - have already found their place firmly in our lives. We’re evolving and we need people like you to bring new ideas, innovate and make your mark.

Job Description

As an Associate Data Platform Engineer at Nine, you will work in a highly collaborative environment, contributing to the development and enhancement of Nine’s Data Platform—a suite of tools designed to streamline the developer experience for our data engineering squads.

Our mission is to ensure our data engineers can focus on solving business problems rather than wrestling with tools. You will support the team in maintaining a resilient, high-scale ecosystem while learning to build platform products that are intuitive, impactful, and self-describing.

Day to day you will:

• Feature Development & Execution: Contribute to building and enhancing data platform tools, moving from initial discovery to execution with guidance from senior engineers.
• Adoption & Support: Support data engineering squads to use platform tools efficiently. You will help unblock stakeholders, gather feedback, and assist in onboarding new users.
• Operational Excellence: Assist in managing unplanned work and tech incidents, maintaining a calm and methodical approach to service restoration.
• Continuous Learning: Actively participate in code reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions to grow your technical and domain expertise.
• Security & FinOps: Apply a security-conscious mindset to your code and assist in monitoring cloud usage to find infrastructure efficiencies and optimisations.
• AI Productivity: Leverage AI tools to improve your own productivity and contribute to AI-enabling features within our platform tools.

Qualifications
What you’ll bring:

Technical Foundation:

• Programming: Proficiency in Python (or another language) with the ability to write clean, testable code.
• Version Control: Practical experience using Git for collaboration.
• Data Tooling: Familiarity with (or a strong desire to learn) the modern data stack, including Airflow, dbt, Airbyte, and BigQuery.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: A solid understanding of cloud fundamentals and exposure to Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Knowledge & Mindset:

• CI/CD Awareness: Understanding of CI/CD pipeline principles; exposure to Docker is a plus.
• Data Fundamentals: Experience with cloud data warehouses and familiarity with SQL and data modelling concepts (e.g., relational databases or Kimball-style dimensional modelling).
• Analytical Curiosity: A proven ability to dig "under the hood" to understand how tools work and solve complex problems.
• Collaboration: Strong communication skills and empathy for the "customer" (our data engineers).
   

Additional Information

How we work
At Nine, our flexible work options vary by role and team. Depending on the position, this may include flexible hours, hybrid work, or part-time arrangements. We welcome discussing your flexibility needs during the hiring process - just ask the Talent Acquisition team.

Our employee benefits include:

• 18 weeks paid parental leave with no distinction between primary and secondary carers

• Access to 'Employee Exclusives' program - a way of getting closer to our incredible brands, offering unique experiences, behind-the-scenes access, and awesome perks.

• Digital newspaper subscription to our mastheads

• Annual gift voucher for Stan subscription

• More info at Nine Careers
  

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We're committed to a safe, respectful and inclusive Nine. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, genders, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures as we recognise the importance and value of diverse perspectives. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please advise us when you apply.
Work rights: Please note to apply for this role you must already have the right to lawfully work and live in Australia.