Understand the platform, roadmap and engineering standards
Data Engineering Recruitment
Recruit the builders of dependable data foundations.
Specialist recruitment for the engineers, architects and platform leaders who make trusted, accessible data possible.
Our focus
Precision where it matters.
Strong data engineering hiring goes beyond matching a cloud platform or programming language. The right person must understand reliability, modelling, observability, governance, cost and how the platform serves its users.
Farlow considers the complete environment: team shape, platform maturity, delivery model, technical constraints and the balance between hands-on building and stakeholder leadership.
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Data engineering
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Platform architecture
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Cloud data
Roles and capability
Specialist coverage across the market.
- Data Engineer
- Senior Data Engineer
- Analytics Engineer
- Data Architect
- Data Platform Engineer
- Cloud Data Engineer
- MLOps Engineer
- Head of Data Engineering
The Farlow approach
A focused search, from context to appointment.
Define the level of architecture, delivery and leadership required
Search relevant communities and passive Australian talent
Assess technical decisions through evidence from comparable environments
Frequently asked questions
Useful answers, without the recruitment jargon.
Which technologies can a data engineering search cover?+
Searches may include modern cloud data platforms, warehouses, lakehouses, orchestration, transformation, observability and data modelling. The brief is tailored to your environment.
Do you recruit data architects and engineering leaders?+
Yes. Farlow recruits individual contributors, architects, engineering managers and Heads of Data Engineering.
Can you support a platform build or transformation?+
Yes. We can search for a foundational leader, individual permanent hires or contract capability aligned to a defined transformation programme.
Engineering judgement matters more than a checklist of tools.