Cloud-Native Data Engineer for Modern Data Platforms

Dariel; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Dariel is seeking engineers with strong software engineering fundamentals and data engineering expertise. You will design, build, deploy, and operate cloud-native data platforms while applying software engineering best practices across the delivery lifecycle.

Strong SQL and data warehousing experience will complement broader engineering capabilities. You will work within cross-functional teams on production systems and data processing architectures.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Spark, PySpark and Databricks.
• Strong SQL and data warehousing concepts.
• Experience across the full SDLC and production deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable data engineering solutions.
• Build and operate cloud-native data platforms.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver production-grade systems.
• Follow established engineering standards and best practices.

Skills

Python programming

Object-oriented programming

Testing & code quality

SDLC

Git

API development

CI/CD

Production software deployment

SQL

Data modelling

Data warehousing concepts

Engineering mindset

Problem solving

Tools

Databricks

Spark

PySpark

Kafka

Flink

Airflow

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

AWS

Azure

BigQuery

Redshift

EKS

S3

Job description

Dariel is seeking engineers with strong software engineering fundamentals and data engineering expertise. You will design, build, deploy, and operate cloud-native data platforms while applying software engineering best practices across the delivery lifecycle.

Strong SQL and data warehousing experience will complement broader engineering capabilities. You will work within cross-functional teams on production systems and data processing architectures.