Senior Data Engineer
Summary
Senior Data Engineer at a large marketing data generation and distribution company in Johannesburg, designing and maintaining scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehouses, and cloud-based data platforms. Core stack is SQL, Python, Git, and cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), with tools like Databricks, Snowflake, Spark, and Kafka. Permanent, hybrid role paying up to R900k CTC.
Senior Data Engineer - Johannesburg - up to R900k per annum
A large marketing data generation and distribution company, transforming how businesses access, manage and use data - are rapidly expanding their footprint globally.
They are looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join their technology team and play a key role in designing, building and maintaining scalable, reliable data solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop and maintain scalableETL/ELT pipelinesfor reliable data processing.
- Build, enhance and optimisedata warehouses and modern data platforms.
- Integrate and consolidate data from diverse sources and systems.
- Develop high-performanceSQL queriesand efficient data transformation processes.
- Maintain high standards ofdata quality, governance, security and availability.
- Monitor, troubleshoot and continuously optimise data pipelines and workflows.
- Collaborate withData Analysts, BI Developers, Software Engineers and business stakeholdersto deliver effective data solutions.
- Contribute todata architecture, automation and engineering best practices.
- Develop and supportcloud-based data solutionsto enable scalable and efficient data processing.
Qualifications & Experience:
- 5+ years' experiencein Data Engineering or a related role.
- StrongSQLandPythonskills.
- Proven ETL/ELT and data integration experience.
- Experience with relational and/or cloud databases.
- Strong understanding of data warehousing and dimensional modelling.
- Exposure toAWS, Azure or GCP.
- Experience with orchestration tools andGit.
- Understanding of data quality, governance and software engineering practices.
- Advantageous: Azure Data Factory / AWS Glue /Databricks / Snowflake / Microsoft Fabric Power BI / Apache Spark /Kafka /Docker / Kubernetes
The Reference Numberfor this position isNG61504which is a Permanent, Hybrid position based in the Johannesburg offering a cost to company of up to R900k CTC negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Nokuthula at nokuthulag@e-merge.co.za or call her on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.