Senior Data Engineer
Summary
A Senior Data Engineer in Johannesburg (hybrid) who designs, builds and maintains scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehouses and cloud-based data platforms. Core stack is SQL, Python, cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), orchestration tools and Git, for a large marketing data generation and distribution company.
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 scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for reliable data processing.
- Build, enhance and optimise data warehouses and modern data platforms .
- Integrate and consolidate data from diverse sources and systems.
- Develop high-performance SQL queries and efficient data transformation processes.
- Maintain high standards of data quality, governance, security and availability .
- Monitor, troubleshoot and continuously optimise data pipelines and workflows.
- Collaborate with Data Analysts, BI Developers, Software Engineers and business stakeholders to deliver effective data solutions.
- Contribute to data architecture, automation and engineering best practices .
- Develop and support cloud-based data solutions to enable scalable and efficient data processing.
Qualifications & Experience:
- 5+ years' experience in Data Engineering or a related role.
- Strong SQL and Python skills.
- Proven ETL/ELT and data integration experience.
- Experience with relational and/or cloud databases.
- Strong understanding of data warehousing and dimensional modelling.
- Exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP .
- Experience with orchestration tools and Git .
- 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 Number for this position is NG61504 which 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.
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