Senior Analyst Developer - Kaiwhakawhanake Tātari Mātāmua

Kaiwhakawhanake Tātari Mātāmua | Senior Analyst Developer – Data Engineer
Fixed Term until June 2027

Join an organisation contributing to meaningful outcomes, About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa – data that improves lives today and for generations to come.

Technical leadership role in a fun, tightknit and collaborative team
Provide expert development and consultancy services to business
Where attitude is as critical as technical ability
Work flexibly - including family-friendly hours
Christchurch based
About Us | Ko mātou

Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa is a Central Government employer of 1300+ people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa – data that improves lives today and for generations to come. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.

What’s in it for you? | Ngā hua ka riro ki a koe

We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about the Way We Work at Stats NZ and also check out our benefits. We want working for us… to work for you!!

Starting salary: $96,307 - $130,298 + KiwiSaver

Other benefits of joining Stats NZ include:

Balance life and work commitments
Develop and grow your career (coaching, training)
Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
City based office that caters to a variety of working styles and needs
The role | Te tūnga

We are seeking dynamic and experienced Senior Analyst Developer- Data Engineer to join our project until June 2027. The role is based in Christchurch.

You will be working in a collaborative project environment with people from other disciplines to develop our data services using advanced data processing tools and platforms, including Databricks and data warehousing solutions.

This role would suit someone who can demonstrate:

5 + years of experience as a Data Engineer with proven expertise in data engineering patterns including ingestion, processing, data quality, and storage.
Proven leadership and mentoring skills
Recent expertise in Databricks Platform including Delta Lake, Notebooks, SQL/PySQL, Python/PySpark, Unity Catalog and pipeline orchestration.
Proficient in ETL/ELT pipeline design and data modelling against a Medallion architecture.
Proficient in Python, PySpark, and SQL for building and optimizing data pipelines.
Skilled in orchestration (Databricks Workflows), pipeline monitoring and optimizing Spark jobs/Databricks clusters.
Skilled in CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitLab, Github).
Experience in working with Data Warehousing solutions (Azure SQL DB, Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, Azure Synapse).
Experience in BI Tools (Tableau, Power BI).
Experienced in Agile, cross-team collaboration, documentation.
Demonstrate an ability to quickly learn about Stats NZ and relevant business processes, surveys and data
What you bring | Nōu te rourou

We understand transferable skills can come from experience gained from outside of work. We encourage you to be you in your application.

We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don’t need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with us.

Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, what attracted you to this role, and what you would bring to Stats NZ.

How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono

If this sounds like you, click on the Apply now button to be redirected to the application page on our careers site. The position description is located on the right-hand side of the page.

We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview. You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video. Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.

Please reach out to recruitment@stats.govt.nz if you have any questions.

You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: unsolicited CVs will not be accepted.


Reference #
17791

Posted on
09 Feb 2026

Closes on
19 Feb 2026 23:55

Location(s)
Christchurch

Expertise
Census and Collections Operations, Data Insights, Analysis and Customer Reporting, Data Standards and Statistical Design, Information, Systems and Technology

Job level(s)
1-3 years experience, 4-6 years experience, 7+ years experience

Work type(s)
Fixed term full-time