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Data Engineer

Data Engineer

DigiOutsourceCape Town, ZA
10 days ago
Job description

Job title : Data Engineer

Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town

Deadline : October 18, 2025

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Why we need you

We’re on a mission to create extraordinary experiences for our customers, and we believe that your unique skills, passion and superdrive will help us achieve our vision.

  • As a Data Engineer within our Fintech ecosystem, you'll focus on building and maintaining the data pipelines and processes that power our financial analytics, reporting, and decision-making. You'll work with data from diverse systems—ranging from transactional platforms to customer engagement tools ensuring it is reliable, accessible, and optimized for high-impact use.
  • This role is essential to support our transition to modern data practices, including cloud-native architectures and real-time processing, while maintaining the continuity and stability of our on-premises operations. Your work will directly enable smarter, faster financial services and help shape the future of data in Payments.

    • What you’ll be doing

  • Developing and maintaining data pipelines to support real-time and batch processing.
  • Writing and optimizing SQL queries, stored procedures, and scripts for data processing.
  • Supporting ETL / ELT workflows for data integration and transformation.
  • Collaborating with team members to integrate data from various sources into centralized systems.
  • Implementing and managing data streaming solutions using platforms like Kafka or RabbitMQ.
  • Ensuring data quality and reliability across all pipelines and processes.
  • Monitoring and troubleshooting data pipelines to ensure performance and reliability.
  • Documenting data workflows and providing support for data-related issues.

    • Essential skills you’ll bring to the table

    The necessary skills that we require for this role include :

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
  • 3-4 years of experience in data engineering or related roles.
  • Strong SQL skills, including querying and optimizing database operations.
  • Experience developing data pipelines for real-time and batch processing.
  • Hands-on experience with data streaming platforms such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
  • Familiarity with ETL processes and tools.
  • Proficiency in a programming language such as Python or Java for data tasks.
  • Knowledge of data modelling basics for relational databases.
  • Attention to detail and a commitment to ensuring data accuracy and reliability.
  • Problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot issues in data systems.

    • Desirable skills you’ve got up your sleeve

    It would be great if you also have some of the following skills :

  • Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty, Microsoft Certified : Azure Data Engineer, or Databricks Certified Data Engineer).
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and cloud-based data services.
  • Exposure to big data technologies such as Spark or Hadoop.
  • Exposure to Apache Spark, Airflow, Kafka
  • Knowledge of data governance and compliance standards.
  • Experience with data formats like JSON or Parquet.
  • Writing clean, modular code for data processing, automation, and integration with APIs or cloud services.
  • Basic understanding of containerization tools such as Docker.
  • Interest in learning and adopting emerging data technologies.
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