Human Resources Data Engineer

HR Data Engineer

• Exposure to global operations, processes, and stakeholders
• Work in a collaborative and fast-paced environment
• Opportunity to drive improvement and standardization
• This opportunity is open to candidates based in India or Mongolia
  

About the role

We have an opportunity for a Data Engineer, passionate about people and what drives them. You’ll join a global team of technology experts and engineers in this exciting new field where Data Science and Business Intelligence meet Human Resources and Psychology of the workplace.

Reporting to the Data Management Program Lead, you will support global business in designing and continuously improving data services that solve complex business problems and deliver actionable insights. Your work will focus on building accurate, scalable, and maintainable data products that empower decision-making across the organization.

• Designing and architecting robust data models that accurately reflect business processes and integrate data from multiple enterprise systems
• Building and optimizing scalable data pipelines to ensure high-quality, reliable data delivery for AI and predictive data analytics
• Implement data validation, testing and quality assurance processes to ensure accuracy and consistency
• Ensuring data accuracy and optimization across people data by implementing testing, validation and quality assurance processes
• Collaborate with stakeholders to design customer-driven data products aligned with business needs.
• Develop reproducible data workflows and platforms that support transparency and auditability of analytical outcomes
• Modernize ETL processes from traditional systems and legacy methods to improve data consistency, accessibility and efficiency
• Ensure best-in-class practices for developing and deploying data products including CI/CD and version control
• Share solutions and best practice with other team members and the wider organization to foster a culture of data-driven decision making

What you will bring

• Bachelor’s / master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related fields, combined with several years of experience in data engineering projects
• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, data modelling, or data architecture
• Expertise in relational data models (SQL, Python), including deployment, data modelling, schema design, CDC, stored procedures, and SCD types
• Strong understanding of big data ecosystems and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Databricks
• Knowledge of data product lifecycles, including testing, UAT, and production deployments
• Familiarity with CI/CD processes, such as version control and automated deployment pipelines to ensure reproducibility and consistency
• Data pipeline automation and ETL development using tools such as GitHub actions, DBT, Azure Data Factory, Airflow, Pentaho, etc
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and problem-solving skills.

What we offer

• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• A work environment where safety and personal well-being are always the number one priority
• Family-friendly health and wellbeing support
• Flexible working arrangement
• “My Share” – share ownership plan
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave).
• A competitive salary

Where you will be working

The HR function supports over 47 000 employees in 35 countries globally and operates out of three business hubs in Brisbane, Perth and Montreal. Data science roles have diverse, multi-industry backgrounds and comprehensive skills in the fields of data modelling, engineering, and visualization as well as advanced analytics techniques including machine learning and optimization. These skills are used to turn data into information that can be used to make improved decisions and generate competitive advantage for Rio Tinto.

The HR Advanced Analytics and Data Science team is part of the Rio Tinto cross-functional Data Science Community of Excellence. You will be encouraged to collaborate and to be continually improving and sharing your software engineering skills to write good quality, testable, maintainable code that can be deployed to production systems with little refactoring. We accept that no-one can know everything, which is why teamwork is so important to us. We are looking for someone with curiosity for the unknown, self-awareness and humility to admit what you don’t know but share what you do – and an energy to keep learning and building your skills.

About Rio Tinto

Finding better ways™ to provide the materials the world needs.

At the origin of every idea, every innovation, every little thing called "progress", there is a person: an explorer, an inventor, an entrepreneur. A pioneer.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a pioneer company – generations of bold employees around the world who share a common vision of producing materials essential to human progress.

The copper we produce is essential to the transition to a low-carbon future as it plays a key role in electrification and power generation, including in renewable energy and electric vehicles. Our operations span the globe, from Mongolia to Chile to the United States, and occupy various stages of the mining lifecycle. Rio Tinto operates in 35 countries with about 50 thousand employees at over 70 mining assets and sites.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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.

So, if this sounds like the opportunity you are looking for, apply before 26th September 2025

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.

Every Voice Matters
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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.