Lead Data Consultant
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Theta is seeking an experienced Lead Data Consultant to join the Data and Insights Practice, based in our Wellington or Auckland office. This is a priority hire within a team that values delivery excellence and a sustainable pace of work.
The role has a strong data engineering focus, with accountability for leading the end-to-end build of modern data solutions. You’ll work closely with client stakeholders, solution architects, and delivery teams to design and deliver reliable, production-grade data platforms and pipelines that enable measurable business outcomes.
While Microsoft Fabric is a key part of our delivery, we welcome candidates with strong delivery experience across modern platforms such as Fabric, Databricks, and Snowflake (and related Azure services), with the ability to apply good engineering fundamentals regardless of tooling.
What the role delivers
- Lead the design, build, and optimisation of data pipelines across Lakehouse and warehouse patterns, with a focus on reliability, performance, and supportability
- Deliver robust data transformations that enable reporting, analytics, and AI use cases
- Shape and implement modern architecture patterns (e.g., medallion/bronze-silver-gold, curated layers, reusable data products)
- Produce clean, maintainable Python and SQL&n
