Data Senior Engineer

Our Opportunity

Work Location:  Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people. 

Roster: Monday to Friday – site travel is unlikely but possible. 
 

Fortescue is currently transforming its business using AI to accelerate and automate the mining value chain. We are choosing to be ahead of the curve and on the forefront of new technology opportunities that will change the world.

Fortescue’s Data Science team is dedicated to delivering value and driving innovation through the disciplined application of the scientific method and agile delivery. We collaborate with diverse teams across the business to address real-world challenges and develop solutions that drive value. We are passionate about leveraging deep technical, analytical, statistical, and mathematical capabilities to identify and solve business problems, providing clear and actionable insights that support Fortescue’s strategic goals. 

From exploratory opportunity identification and precise problem definition to conducting complex technical analyses and producing explainable, trusted insights, our team plays a crucial role in enabling transformation and innovation across the business. We strive to move beyond technical delivery to create meaningful impact and drive strategic advancements. 

Effective team members in the Data and AI Data Science area combine a vision for the future with a focus on value, curiosity, and creativity. They harness the power of data, data science, and AI to fuel innovation, unlock new opportunities, solve complex challenges, streamline processes, and enable strategic advancements that align with Fortescue’s Vision. 

The Science skill tree attracts, retains, and grows the careers of individuals who are passionate about creating and implementing advanced data-driven solutions. These team members are key to empowering decision-making and operational efficiency across Fortescue, ensuring all solutions inform and support the company’s broader objectives. 

Key Responsibilities

Data Analysis and AI 

• Analyse complex data sets to provide actionable insights and present findings. 
• Develop, implement, optimise, monitor, and maintain AI models and solutions. 
• Apply principles of AI and data ethics to ensure solutions are ethical, safe, and explainable. 

Strategic Planning and Emerging Technologies 

• Monitor and apply emerging technology and open-source trends and assess their potential impact on current and future data science projects. 
• Conduct informal research to explore new methodologies, tools, and techniques that can enhance data science capabilities. 
• Contribute and lead knowledge management endeavors by documenting methodologies, processes, and insights, ensuring they are accessible and usable by the team. 

Technical Development and Programming 

• Develop and maintain software solutions using best practices in programming and software development. 
• Conduct rigorous testing to ensure the quality and reliability of data science models and solutions. 
• Assist solution architecture and systems design efforts to ensure data science solutions are integrated effectively within the enterprise architecture. 

Data Management and Engineering 

• Manage and maintain data management processes, ensuring data integrity, security, and accessibility. 
• Design, build, and optimise data pipelines and infrastructure. 

Requirements Management 

• Gather and validate requirements for data science projects from stakeholders, ensuring they align with business needs and objectives. 

Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, mathematics, statistics, machine learning, or a related field. 

Experience (5+ years) in data science and AI solution system development in the mining, energy, green energy, or heavy industrial operations preferred. 

Artificial Intelligence 

• Strong understanding and practical experience in Machine Learning and Generative AI, and the scientific and programmatic use, deployment, and measurement of AI and GenAI models. 
• Strong knowledge of data science tools and technologies, including programming languages such as Python and the use of Git. 

Software Engineering 

• Strong proficiency in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, and machine learning frameworks (e.g TensorFlow, PyTorch) 
• Experience and understanding of platforms such as Snowflake, Kafka, S3 and Databricks/SageMaker (beneficial). 
• Familiar with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.  
• Practical experience with software development industry best practices. 

Modern Work 

• Highly proficient in the use and application of Generative AI for writing, coding and other accelerated work activities. 
• Strong stakeholder relationship management and presentation skills. 
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both multi-disciplinary product teams and to non-technical stakeholders. 

Follow and exhibit the Fortescue Values. 

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

https://fortescue.com/careers 

Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub. 

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.