Data Engineer

Media24South Africa

1 day ago

Job description

Join our team to design and build scalable data infrastructure that processes vast volumes of data daily, enabling real-time analytics and ML models that directly impact business decisions across growth and product teams. The role is based at our Cape Town or Randburg offices.

What you'll do

Design and maintain high-performance data pipelines using Python, SQL, and modern cloud technologies
Collaborate with ML Engineers and Analytics teams to deliver reliable, high-quality datasets
Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CI / CD pipelines
Optimize data costs and performance across cloud platforms
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical roadmap planning

Technical requirements

4+ years experience with Python and advanced SQL

Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred, AWS / Azure acceptable)

Experience with modern data stack : dbt, Airflow, Snowflake / BigQuery

Streaming technologies : Kafka, Apache Beam, or similar

Infrastructure as Code : Terraform, CloudFormation

Container orchestration with Kubernetes

Experience with data modeling and warehouse design

Qualifications and Experience

BSc Hons in Computer Science

3-5 years development experience working with Python

Data skills (Traditional SQL and No-SQL)

High scale Restful Services

Cloud experience (Google Cloud Platform, Azure, or AWS)

Git

Cloud certifications (GCP Professional Data Engineer, AWS Data Analytics)

Experience with ML model deployment and monitoring

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Data Engineer • South Africa