About the role

Christchurch | Contract through to 30 June 2027 | Immediate Start

We’re looking for an experienced Technical Lead to join a technology delivery team, providing technical leadership across a large-scale data and technology initiative.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll guide technical delivery, contribute to solution design and architecture, and work closely with developers, architects, data specialists, stakeholders and vendors to keep delivery moving.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the technical delivery workstream and provide direction to a multidisciplinary team
• Guide solution design, architecture and implementation
• Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring
• Work closely with delivery teams, stakeholders and vendors
• Get hands-on with development and technical delivery when required
• Identify and manage technical risks, issues and dependencies
• Support quality, security and operational standards
• Contribute to technical documentation and continuous improvement

What we’re looking for

You’ll bring strong technical leadership experience, ideally including:

• Experience leading multidisciplinary DevOps or technical delivery teams
• Strong coaching and mentoring capability
• Solid experience with Databricks, including Delta Lake, Notebooks, SQL, Python/PySpark, Unity Catalog and pipeline orchestration
• Strong ETL/ELT and data pipeline experience, including Medallion Architecture
• Experience with Databricks Workflows, Spark optimisation and pipeline monitoring
• CI/CD experience using Azure DevOps, GitLab or GitHub
• Experience with modern data warehousing platforms such as Snowflake, Azure Synapse, Redshift or BigQuery
• Exposure to Power BI and/or Tableau
• Strong Agile delivery experience and technical documentation skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

You’ll be pragmatic, delivery-focused and comfortable balancing technical leadership with hands-on contribution. The ability to build strong relationships, make sound technical decisions and keep teams moving will be key.

Contractor benefits (via Potentia)

• Wellbeing Discovery Sessions
• Welcome Packs
• Hnry discount
• Exclusive invites to industry events
• Optional Pay-As-You-Go PI/PL Insurance

Note: We review all CV's manually and you will be contacted if your skills and experience meet the requirements of any of our clients. You must have valid working rights for NZ.

Interested?
Apply now or contact Emma Howey emma@potentia.co.nz for more information