Data Engineer

LGT Wealth Management was formed around a clear and uncompromising vision – to bring global best practice in building institutional quality investment portfolios to Australian clients.

With a shared passion for building an uncompromised business – we created something new from the ground up. A chance to leave behind the things that weren’t working, while enhancing the things that were. Our authentic and personalised client-first commitment. Our entrepreneurial spirit. Our focus in best-in-class advice. And our intimate understanding of the Australian private wealth landscape.

In 2022 we became a part of the LGT Group, who shared our entrepreneurial spirit, long-term approach and private-ownership model. Today, with the global expertise, stability, and capability of LGT behind us, we can work without being reliant on markets or margins, with a singular focus on giving our clients the advice and deep expertise they need for generations to come.

We are looking for a Data Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract. This role bridges data engineering, analytics, and applied data science, with a strong focus on reusability, explainability, and regulatory alignment.
 

You will work closely with the Principal Engineer to design, build, and operationalise a high quality, governed data foundation that enables analytics, advanced modelling, and AI use cases across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and evolution of the enterprise data foundation, including core and presentation data layers, in line with the modern data stack and logical data models already defined.

• Build well‑defined, reusable data products (datasets, features, semantic models) that can be consumed by analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, and downstream applications.

• Partner with data engineers to define data structures that support historical accuracy, auditability, and lineage, which are critical in a regulated wealth environment.

• Perform exploratory data analysis to identify patterns, data quality issues, and AI opportunities.

• Support AI use cases by ensuring data is fit‑for‑purpose, well‑documented, and reproducible.

• Work within the enterprise data governance framework, including Data quality rules and monitoring; Metadata, lineage, and glossary contributions.

• Collaborate with Data Owners to resolve data issues and clarify definitions.

• Ensure datasets and models meet regulatory, privacy, and audit requirements relevant to financial services.

• Collaborate closely with engineering, architecture, compliance, and business teams.

• Contribute to standards, templates, and best practices for analytics and data science delivery.

• Support enablement of other teams by creating reusable assets and documentation.

• Working alongside your IT infrastructure, project delivery and security colleagues, you will take ownership for the day to day operability of the data integration platform to ensure business functions run smoothly.

Skills & Experience

• Strong experience with Python for data analysis and modelling (e.g. pandas, NumPy, scikit‑learn or equivalent).

• Solid SQL skills and experience working with cloud data warehouses and lakehouses.

• Experience working in a modern data platform (e.g. Microsoft Fabric, Synapse, Snowflake, Databricks).

• Understanding of data modelling concepts (e.g. dimensional models, Data Vault or similar enterprise patterns).

• Proven experience working on data foundations, not just dashboards or isolated models.

• Experience creating reusable, governed datasets or features intended for multiple downstream consumers.

• Familiarity with metadata management, data lineage, and data quality frameworks.

• Experience supporting AI use cases or early‑stage production models is highly desirable.

• Experience working in financial services or another regulated industry.

• Awareness of data privacy, auditability, and model risk considerations.

• Ability to balance innovation with control, documentation, and traceability.

• Strong analytical thinking with the ability to explain complex concepts simply.

• Comfortable working with ambiguity and helping shape the right data approach rather than being handed fully‑formed requirements.

• Collaborative mindset and ability to work closely with senior engineers, architects, and business stakeholders.

• Understanding of CI/CD pipeline experience.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Microsoft Purview or similar governance/cataloguing tools.

• Exposure to GenAI use cases (LLMs, embeddings, retrieval‑augmented generation).

• Experience contributing to an AI or Data Centre of Excellence model.

• Experience in preparing data assets specifically for AI and GenAI use cases, including feature engineering, embedding, and structured/unstructured data preparation.

• Degree or qualification in machine learning.

Role Competencies

• Strong problem-solving abilities, with a logical and methodical approach to tasks.

• Excellent communication skills, able to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

• Commitment to maintaining high-quality standards in all tasks.

• Ability to manage changing priorities and work in a dynamic, and a proactive manner.

• A passion for emerging technologies and an interest in industry developments in this fast-moving sector.

Qualifications

• Industry certification in the above technologies will be highly desired

• Tertiary degree in software engineering, computer science or related principles

LGT Wealth Management is committed to the ongoing development of their employees. Your development will be managed and tailored to your role and future career path. 

LGT Wealth Management is an equal opportunity employer committed to embracing a diverse and inclusive work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people regardless of their gender, marital/parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, age, background, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.