HR Data Engineer

• Great opportunity for solving complex data problems, shaping stakeholder requirements, and contributing to strong engineering ways of working
• Flexible work environment with hybrid office and work-from-home options
• Permanent opportunity based in Perth or Brisbane (Australia), Gurgaon (India) or Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced HR Data Engineer to join the Rio Tinto’s People Data & Insights team, building trusted cloud data products that support strategic workforce decisions. You will join a global team working at the intersection of Data Engineering, Business Intelligence, Data Science and Human Resources, helping deliver trusted people data products that inform strategic decisions across recruitment, retention, workforce planning, wellbeing and engagement.

This is a great opportunity for someone with strong cloud engineering capability and a passion for solving complex data problems, looking to make a meaningful impact.

Reporting to the Manager Data Engineering, you will work with stakeholders, analysts, data scientists and technology teams to understand requirements, design fit-for-purpose data solutions, and build reliable, scalable and maintainable data products in complex enterprise environments. Your responsibilities include:

• Designing, building, deploying and operating scalable data pipelines and data products using cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Developing and optimising data engineering solutions using Databricks, Spark, Python, SQL and modern lakehouse patterns.
• Translating stakeholder requirements into well-modelled, trusted datasets that support analytics, reporting, data science and operational decision-making.
• Applying strong data modelling practices across curated, integrated and consumption-ready data layers.
• Using GitHub or similar source control platforms, CI/CD practices and automated testing to promote reliable, repeatable and production-ready delivery while making work visible, reusable, and easy for others to build on.
• Solving data quality, integration, performance and reliability challenges across complex source systems and enterprise data platforms.
• Engage with stakeholders to clarify business problems, test assumptions, explain technical trade-offs and ensure delivered solutions meet real business needs.
• Provide coaching, knowledge transfer and support to help teams adopt and sustain the data products and engineering practices developed.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Degree Qualification in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems or similar field
• Strong experience designing, developing and supporting data pipelines, data platforms or data products in cloud environments such as AWS or Azure.
• Hands-on engineering experience with Databricks, Spark, Python and/or SQL, including performance tuning, debugging and production support.
• Solid understanding of data modelling, data integration patterns, dimensional modelling, Lakehouse architecture and designing datasets for analytics consumption.
• Experience using GitHub or similar source control platforms, with CI/CD, automated testing, branching strategies and peer review practices.
• Proven ability to mentor and coach others, share technical expertise, and solve complex problems.

You will bring strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions, alongside experience delivering data engineering solutions in cloud-based environments.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick & cultural leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

Where you’ll be working

Rio Tinto is a global mining and metals company producing materials essential to human progress, including iron ore, aluminium, copper, diamonds, titanium and borates.

The HR function supports more than 47,000 employees across 35 countries, operating from key hubs in Brisbane, Perth and Montreal. The People Data & Insights team applies data engineering, modelling, visualisation, artificial intelligence and optimisation to turn data into insight and support better business decisions.

As part of Rio Tinto’s cross-functional Data Science Community of Excellence, you will collaborate with others, continuously improve your engineering skills, and build quality, testable and maintainable code for production systems. We value teamwork, curiosity, humility, knowledge sharing and a willingness to keep learning.

Applications close on 12th July 2026. (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and Inclusion

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.