Nixil

Data Engineer

Nixil  •  Canberra, AU (Onsite)  •  10 hours ago
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Job Description

Must have a current NV2 Security Clearance

We’re looking for a talented Data Engineer with hands-on Palantir Foundry experience to join a growing data engineering team delivering scalable, production-grade data solutions.

This is an opportunity to work across the full data lifecycle — from ingestion and transformation through to ontology modelling and operational tooling — while collaborating closely with senior engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders.

You’ll take ownership of well-defined workstreams, contribute to engineering best practices, and help shape high-quality data products used across the business.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Build and maintain end-to-end data pipelines in Palantir Foundry
  • Develop PySpark transformations focused on scalability, performance, and reliability
  • Create and manage Ontology objects, links, and actions
  • Work with analysts and operational users to support Workshop applications and tooling
  • Investigate and resolve pipeline failures and contribute to on-call support rotations
  • Participate in code reviews, engineering standards, and documentation
  • Mentor and pair with junior engineers to support team capability uplift

Technology Stack

  • Palantir Foundry
  • Code Repositories
  • Pipeline Builder
  • Ontology
  • Workshop
  • PySpark
  • Foundry Jupyter Notebooks
  • Git-based workflows / global branching
  • Data quality monitoring and health checks

What We’re Looking For

  • Must have 3–5 years’ experience in Data Engineering or Analytics Engineering
  • Must have Commercial experience building production pipelines in Palantir Foundry
  • Strong PySpark skills including transformations, partitioning, shuffle/broadcast operations, and performance tuning
  • Strong SQL skills across analytical workloads
  • Understanding of dimensional modelling (Kimball or equivalent)
  • Ability to independently own deliverables and work through ambiguity

Nice to Have

  • Experience designing Ontologies within Foundry
  • Exposure to Workshop, Slate, or Quiver applications
  • Streaming technologies experience including Kafka or Foundry Streaming
  • Experience with testing and data quality frameworks such as dbt or Great Expectations

Why Apply?

  • Work on enterprise-scale data platforms and modern data engineering practices
  • Join a collaborative, engineering-led environment with strong technical mentorship
  • Opportunity to influence architecture, standards, and engineering patterns
  • Exposure to cutting-edge Palantir Foundry implementations
  • High-impact role with real ownership and autonomy

If you’re passionate about building reliable data products and want to deepen your expertise in Palantir Foundry, we’d love to hear from you.

Nixil

About Nixil

Nixil, is a proudly Australian business with our core competencies focused within the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector.

Specializing in Resourcing & Recruitment, Business Consulting, and Technology Integration, we empower organizations to achieve their IT goals with precision and expertise.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Sydney, AU
Year Founded
2015
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