Cloud Data Engineer: Scalable Pipelines & Data Products

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 950,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking an Intermediate Data Engineer in Cape Town to design and maintain scalable data platforms. You will build data pipelines, ensure data governance, and collaborate with analytics teams to support data-driven decision making.

You will work on integrating new data technologies, developing data products, and contributing to security and compliance while aligning with business objectives.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of cloud experience.
• 3+ years building and administering a DBMS (MySQL / Postgres).
• 2+ years SQL development including CTEs and schema design.
• Experience extracting value from large disconnected datasets.
• Strong analytics with unstructured data.
• English proficiency (written and spoken).
• Understanding of basic machine learning.
• Knowledge of server and data security on the web.

Responsibilities

• Develop algorithms to transform data into useful, actionable information.
• Design, construct, install, test and maintain highly scalable data management systems.
• Ensure systems meet business requirements and industry practices.
• Build high-performance prototypes and proof of concepts.
• Research opportunities for data acquisition and new uses of existing data.

Skills

Cloud experience

DBMS (MySQL / Postgres)

SQL development

Data wrangling

Data analytics

Python ORM (SQLAlchemy)

English proficiency

Basic machine learning

Web security basics

Education

Degree / Diploma in Data Engineering

Job description

Boardroom Appointments is seeking an Intermediate Data Engineer in Cape Town to design and maintain scalable data platforms. You will build data pipelines, ensure data governance, and collaborate with analytics teams to support data-driven decision making.

You will work on integrating new data technologies, developing data products, and contributing to security and compliance while aligning with business objectives.