Lead Data Engineer – Johannesburg – R1.2mil up to R1.5mil per annum

e-Merge IT Recruitment

  • Johannesburg, Gauteng
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 21 days ago
SUMMARY:
Lead Data Engineer - Johannesburg - R1.2mil up to R1.5mil per annumPOSITION INFO:An international client is seeking a hands-on Lead Data Engineer to join a growing team. This is a high-impact role where you''ll shape and scale our data platform to power strategic initiatives across the business. Reporting directly to the , you''ll collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to unlock data-driven insights that fuel decision-making and innovation. As one of the early hires in the platform team, you''ll work closely with our Platform Engineer and Head of Engineering to build the foundations of a robust, scalable data infrastructure.Responsibilities:
  • Work with the CTO,
and other stakeholders to build a data engineering strategy that enables the company to meet its ambitious goals * Scale and build out our data platform (data lake, ingestion pipelines, BI and reporting platform capabilities)
  • Deploy data and the data infrastructure to support projects such as CRM, personalisation and Martech innovations
  • Act as a technical authority, sharing your experience to establish data best practices in our engineering and wider team
  • Continually seek out and share ways to improve our processes, platform, and culture
Qualifications and Experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
  • Experience and proficiency in data architecture, having architected and built:
Data warehouses
  • Event driven architectures and event ingestion pipelines
  • Integrations with 3rd party SaaS platforms, e.g. Salesforce, Hubspot
  • Programming: Python / Typescript
  • Cloud: AWS - S3, Athena, DMS, Lambda, IAM, CDK
  • DWH / Data platform: Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift
  • BI tools: Tableau, Metabase, Domo, Looker, QuickSight
  • Big data and ETL: Spark, Glue, Airflow, DBT
  • Streaming and Events: Kinesis, Kafka, Event Bridge
  • Realtime visualisation: MixPanel, Segment, Amplitude, GA
The Reference Number for this position is NG60376 which is a Permanent Hybrid position based in Johannesburg offering a cost to company of R1.2mil – R1.5mil per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Nokuthula at nokuthulag@ e-merge.co.za or call her on to discuss this and other opportunities.Are you ready for a change of scenery? E-Merge IT recruitment is a specialist niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right developers with the right companies in the right roles. Check out the e-Merge website style="text-decoration: underline;"> for more great positions.Do you have a friend who is a developer or technology specialist? We pay cash for successful referrals!

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