Senior Data Engineer - Johannesburg – R550 to R650 per hour

SUMMARY:
Senior Data Engineer - Johannesburg – R550 to R650 per hour

POSITION INFO:

A registered Financial Service Provider with an undivided team of diverse thinkers and doers who believe in leading through technology and pushing past their limits with innovation at its core is seeking a dynamic Senior Data Engineer to execute data engineering duties according to the standards, frameworks, and roadmaps of the bank and help empower the business through technology and analytics.

Responsibilities:

• Analyse and organize raw data to drive actionable insights.
• Design innovative data engineering solutions tailored to business needs.
• Build scalable data pipelines that clean, transform, and aggregate data from diverse sources using cutting-edge tools.
• Collaborate with data scientists to prepare datasets for analytical modelling.
• Enhance data quality and reliability through best practices.
• Manage the technical delivery of projects from start to finish.
• Mentor and guide junior data engineers to foster growth and excellence.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Graduate or Postgraduate degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field.
• years of experience with relational SQL databases
• Solid understanding of Apache Spark as a distributed data processing framework
• Proven experience in designing, implementing, and performance tuning solutions in Apache Spark.
• Expertise in complex data warehouse and data lake design
• Proficient in building, optimizing, and managing data pipelines for large datasets
• Experience with Cloud
• Familiarity with Python is a plus

Reference Number for this position is NG59965 this is a Contract position in Johannesburg offering a salary of R550 to R650 per hour salary negotiable based on experience. E-mail Nokuthula on nokuthulag@ e-merge.co.za or call her for a chat on to discuss this and other opportunities.

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