Data Engineer

ArkeusPort MelbourneOn-siteFull-time7 Aug 2026

Arkeus is seeking a Data Engineer to own the pipelines that turn raw imagery and video from optical sensing platforms into clean, well-structured data for the Machine Learning team. The role involves building and maintaining ETL pipelines, conducting exploratory data analysis, and ensuring data is ML-ready. Requires 3+ years of experience, strong SQL skills, and proficiency in Python.

What you'll do

Design, build, and maintain ETL pipelines for large volumes of imagery and video data.
Conduct exploratory data analysis to understand dataset quality, coverage, and gaps.
Clean, structure, and organise datasets so they're readily usable by the ML team.
Build fast prototype visualisations to surface data issues and communicate findings to the team.
Write and optimise SQL to query, transform, and manage data at scale.
Collaborate closely with ML engineers to understand what 'training-ready' data actually requires.
Maintain documentation of datasets, pipelines, and data quality processes.

What you need

Must-have

SQLPythonETLPandasMatplotlibExploratory Data AnalysisData VisualizationUnstructured Data

Nice-to-have

Computer VisionMachine LearningOpenCVS3BigQuery

Soft skills

CollaborationCommunicationProblem SolvingPrototypingAttention to Detail

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