Intermediate Data Solutions Engineer

Summary

Design and implement data pipelines, advanced analytics (ML/AI), and business dashboards for enterprise clients using SQL, Python, Scala, and BI tools like Power BI and Microsoft Fabric in a hybrid delivery-team setting.

About the job Intermediate Data Solutions Engineer

Intermediate Data Solutions Engineer

Exciting Opportunity for an Intermediate Data Solutions Engineer

Elevate your career, where we prioritise people and nurture a culture of growth, collaboration, and innovation.

Join a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment that encourages versatility, and provides individual attention to career development, including intentional and regular one-on-ones with leadership.

Tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact alongside passionate professionals who inspire and support each other.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

DELIVERY

  • Wrangling big data from multiple sources into a reliable, evolving asset.
  • Collaborating with Solution Architects to design and implement cloud, hybrid, and on-prem solutions.
  • Designing and implementing optimal data pipelines and delivering impactful advanced analytics using ML, AI, cognitive services, and data science.
  • Working across descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics.
  • Familiarising yourself with ML algorithms and AI approaches, including clustering, regression, classification, speech recognition, OpenAI, LLMs, vision, search, and translation.
  • Understanding DataOps and MLOps to ensure continuous deployment in short cycles with maximum impact and high quality.
  • Maintaining data lineage and metadata effectively.
  • Designing and developing business dashboards.
  • Using technical and data analytics expertise to improve business innovations.

people

  • Demonstrating maturity, time management and motivation in the workplace.
  • Championing change within the team and fostering a collaborative culture.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to tackle complex business challenges, driving continuous improvement.
  • Upholding standards of excellence and accountability.

Customer

  • Building strong relationships and understanding customer needs to deliver impactful solutions.
  • Managing customer expectations and identifying opportunities for service improvements.
  • Ensuring compliance with data security and industry regulations.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

  • A bachelors degree in IT, Engineering, or related fields.
  • Minimum 4 years experience as a data solutions engineer in an enterprise environment.
  • Proficiency in software engineering fundamentals and commitment to clean code and best practices.
  • Experience working in a delivery team together with other disciplines to deliver a product.
  • Strong ability to model and analyse data.
  • Solid understanding of data engineering methodologies.
  • Good understanding of visualisation best practices.
  • A desire to design and implement modern advanced analytics solutions and modern data warehousing solutions.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills with a drive for continual improvement.
  • Pro hybrid working model working from the office on average 2 - 3 times per week.
  • A strong customer-facing ability.
  • Flexibility to work across a variety of different environments and tooling.

WHAT YOU WILL GET FROM US

  • A competitive compensation package with twice-yearly salary increases and guaranteed bonuses.
  • Tenure-based loyalty leave.
  • Access to employee wellness programs and rewards for professional development.
  • Commission incentives for successful business development leads and employee referrals.
  • Hands-on support from leadership through regular one on ones and quarterly reviews.
  • Continuous development programs offering training in leadership and technical skills.
  • Exposure to enterprise projects across multiple domains and problem spaces for South Africas most esteemed organisations.

THE TECH STACKS WE USE

*Popular but not limited to

  • Front-end tech: Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Amazon Quicksight, Google Data Studio, Grafana
  • Languages: SQL, Python, Scala

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