Senior Analytics Engineer

About Southern Cross Health Insurance

Southern Cross Health Insurance is dedicated to enhancing health and wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand by empowering nearly a million members to live healthier, longer lives. As a member-focused, New Zealand-owned organisation, it prioritizes timely access to quality care and actively contributes to positive changes within the health system. The company fosters a supportive environment for its people, emphasizing value-driven work and professional growth.

About The Role

The Senior Analytics Engineer position plays a pivotal role in establishing and refining the data infrastructure that underpins decision-making across the organisation. Reporting to the Innovation & Advanced Analytics Lead, this senior technical role involves creating and maintaining dbt data models that convert raw data into trusted, analytics-ready datasets to facilitate insights and business operations. The role requires close collaboration with both business stakeholders and analysts to ensure clear metric definitions, design data marts and semantic layers for self-service analytics, and enhance data quality and governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and maintain dbt models that transform raw data into reliable datasets for analytics use.
• Design and refine data marts and semantic layers supporting self-service reporting, data products, and agentic agents.
• Enhance query efficiency and performance on Snowflake and dbt platforms.
• Identify and resolve data quality problems and implement automated data checks to prevent issues.
• Collaborate with analysts, product managers, and stakeholders to ensure business needs align with technical implementation.
• Document data lineage and maintain automated tests to guarantee trustworthy reporting.
• Engage in code reviews and support the establishment of engineering best practices within the analytics team.
• Simplify complex data models and remove redundancies as the data platform expands.

Candidate Profile

• Extensive hands-on experience in analytics engineering, data modeling, and ELT/ETL processes.
• Proficient in SQL and familiar with modern data stack tools including Snowflake, dbt, and cloud data platforms.
• Strong grasp of dimensional modeling, metric design, and principles of data governance.
• Data product mindset focusing on usability, scalability, and deriving business value.
• Ability to convert ambiguous business requirements into scalable and well-structured data models.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical partners.
• Demonstrates curiosity and a continuous improvement attitude toward enhancing data quality, speed, and simplicity.
• Meticulous attention to detail balanced with practical delivery capabilities.

Why Work With Us

Southern Cross offers investment in people, technology, and a meaningful mission with executive backing and clear mandates. Employees have the opportunity to influence data and AI initiatives at scale within a growing, purpose-driven team recognized for trust and corporate reputation in New Zealand. The organisation also supports diversity, equity, and inclusion through employee networks and pledges to foster belonging.

Employee Benefits

• Five days of wellbeing leave annually.
• Health insurance coverage for employees and immediate family.
• Life insurance and discounts on pet and travel insurance.
• Enhanced parental leave and financial wellbeing assistance.
• Participation in a workplace wellbeing program.
• Option to buy flexible leave for study, volunteering, or family support.
• Annual volunteer day with teams to contribute to community causes.

Additional Information

This position is based in Auckland and requires onsite presence; remote options are not available. The company is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and values diverse backgrounds and perspectives.