Data Engineer

Capitec Ltd; Stellenbosch; Sur place; ZAR 600 000 - 1 000 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Capitec Ltd. seeks a Data Engineer to design, build and maintain scalable data platforms and pipelines powering regulatory reporting automation for SARB relief. You will collaborate with data architects, build API-enabled backend services, and apply data quality and governance across data flows.

Strong Python, SQL, and AWS experience are required, with knowledge of data lakes, warehouses and CI/CD. Ideally you will bring Kubernetes, ETL design and Django familiarity to support the platform.

Qualifications

• Advanced Python and AWS experience required.
• Strong SQL with data modelling principles.
• Experience with data lakes, data warehouses and ETL pipelines.
• Experience in API design and backend development beneficial.
• Kubernetes and containerised data solutions advantageous.

Responsabilités

• Design, build and maintain robust data platforms and pipelines.
• Collaborate with Data Architects on solution design documents.
• Develop scalable data applications powering regulator-ready outputs.
• Implement data quality, governance and CI/CD practices.

Connaissances

Advanced Python

SQL

AWS cloud data services

Django or similar backend framework

Kubernetes

Batch processing

ETL design

Data lake & data warehouse patterns

Data quality & governance

CI/CD & testing

Formation

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology / Computer Science

Honours Degree in Information Technology / Computer Science

Outils

Snowflake

Django

Description du poste

Join a team at the forefront of regulatory reporting transformation. The team is building a strategic Regulatory Reporting Automation Platform that automates the preparation, validation, and submission of regulatory returns required by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). This platform replaces manual, spreadsheet-driven processes with a scalable, Python-based solution that enhances data quality, auditability, and operational efficiency. As a Data Engineer, you will contribute to a modern data platform that combines software engineering, data engineering, cloud technologies, and configurable rules engines to process large volumes of financial data and transform it into regulator-ready outputs.

About the team

Join a team at the forefront of regulatory reporting transformation. The team is building a strategic Regulatory Reporting Automation Platform that automates the preparation, validation, and submission of regulatory returns required by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). This platform replaces manual, spreadsheet-driven processes with a scalable, Python-based solution that enhances data quality, auditability, and operational efficiency. As a Data Engineer, you will contribute to a modern data platform that combines software engineering, data engineering, cloud technologies, and configurable rules engines to process large volumes of financial data and transform it into regulator-ready outputs.

Purpose Statement

You will design, build and maintain robust, scalable and efficient data platforms, applications and infrastructure that power data-driven decision-making across the organisation. You'll analyse business and system requirements, contribute to solution design documentation alongside Data Architects and build the pipelines and applications that keep data flowing reliably and efficiently.

Education (Minimum)

• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational
• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology - Computer Science or Information Technology

Education (Ideal or Preferred)

• Honours Degree in Information Technology - Computer Science or Information Technology

Knowledge and Experience

Knowledge:

• Advanced Python - the core technical requirement for this role
• Strong SQL - modelling principles and query optimisation
• Deep knowledge of AWS cloud data services
• Application development and API design - Django or a similar backend framework is advantageous
• Kubernetes and containerised data solutions
• Batch processing concepts and basic stream processing
• ETL pipeline design, including error handling and recovery mechanisms
• Data lake and data warehouse patterns
• Data quality and governance implementation
• CI/CD principles, version control and automated testing
• Infrastructure as code and workflow orchestration tool

Experience

• 5 years in data engineering or a closely related field - what counts is direct involvement in solution implementation and integration
• Experience leading or significantly contributing to data engineering projects
• Strong, hands-on Python and AWS experience
• Backend application development experience - Django or similar frameworks;
• API development experience
• Experience working with cross-functional teams - finance, IT, business analysts - to understand business needs and deliver data-driven solutions, including communicating technical progress to non-technical stakeholders
• Snowflake experience is an advantage

Additional Information

• Clear criminal and credit record

Profile description

Join a team at the forefront of regulatory reporting transformation. The team is building a strategic Regulatory Reporting Automation Platform that automates the preparation, validation, and submission of regulatory returns required by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). This platform replaces manual, spreadsheet driven processes with a scalable, Python-based solution that enhances data quality, auditability, and operational efficiency. As a Data Engineer, you will contribute to a modern data platform that combines software engineering, data engineering, cloud technologies, and configurable rules engines to process large volumes of financial data and transform it into regulator-ready outputs